Formatting {{createdAt}} to local time

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This is probably a beginner’s question, but I’m currently struggling with a (mustache) template. Yesterday, I’ve downloaded the “Draftsidian” action from our directory. All works fine, except of the {{createdAt}} parameter that is handing over UTC instead of my local time. I’ve tried to kind of re-format that parameter but it failed miserably.

Template as follows:

—

tags: {{tags}

created: {{createdAt}}

—

{{body}}

Question: Is there anything I can do to get “local time” instead of UTC … for {{createdAt}}?

Thanks a lot in advance for your help.

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Mustache Templates | Drafts User Guide - might help you here.

e.g. assuming the createdAt value is Jan. 1 1970:

{{ format(createdAt, formats.shortDate) }} => 1/1/70
{{ format(createdAt, “%Y-%m-%d”) }} => 1970-01-01

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Your answer didn’t solve my problem, but you still pointed me in the right direction.

Meanhwile I was able to find the following solution:

{{ format(createdAt, %y-%m-%d) }} {{ adjustDate(createdAt, “+3 hours”, %H:%M) }}

Thanks anyway for your help @jsamlarose

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First, you should use one adjusted date tag. Your version would be returning the incorrect date for the 3 hours running up to midnight.

But, createdAt should be returning dates in the local time zone. What do you get if you output timezone (%Z) in your format? Like:

{{ format(createdAt, "%y-%m-%d %H:%M %Z %z") }}

I’m currently getting CDT -0500 for Central Daylight Time here.

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Wonderful, thanks! That did the trick. Works like a charm. I had tried it myself with “%y-%m-%d %H:%M”. But I had forgotten the “%Z %z” at the end. So thanks again!