Date and GlideDate confusion

[Wayne Richmond]

I have a weird issue between dev and prod instances. I have created a monthly scheduled job to run every three months:

var gdt = new GlideDate();
var mth = gdt.getMonth();
if (mth == 1 || mth == 4 || mth == 7 || mth == 10) { // Feb, May, Aug, Nov
answer = true
}
else {
answer = false;
}

In dev, this does not run despite the month being February (1). However, in prod, it runs just fine.

In dev, I changed the months in the condition to this:

if (mth == 0 || mth == 2 || mth == 6 || mth == 9)

It worked!

I then ran the following script as a background to confirm what mth was:

var gdt = new GlideDate(); 
var mth = gdt.getMonth(); 
gs.info(mth);

The output was: 2 (March?)

I then ran this:

var gdt = new Date(); 
var mth = gdt.getMonth(); 
gs.info(mth);

The output was 1 (February?)

This is the case in both instances.

So, why does the script work in prod and not in dev?

Why when I change the month in the condition does it work in dev?

What is the difference between Date and GlideDate?

[Chandu Telu]

Hi Rich,

GlideDate is server date provide by service-now

new Date() is javascript date

[Chandu Telu]

new Date()

GlideDate is server date provide by service-now

Date format difference

[Chandu Telu]

I think date and time format difference is dev and prod instance can you check.

[Wayne Richmond]

They are both dd-MM-yy