It would be great to have a function to get current date and time. Timezone settings could be common for all users and maintained in the settings section
Briefly, a function that returns todays date (note not time), based on a timezone parameter. The parameter will need to be hard coded, but we will provide the list of available time zones. So if you need multiple time zones, you create multiple line items in a system module (not dimensioned by anything)
I have a simple modelling trick to take those line items and model it to users (or any other dimension) in different timezones if needed
You will see an entry in history for the line item (and any dependant downstream formulae) as and when the values change
If you restore a model to a locked model, the value will not change until you change the mode to unlocked
We are hoping to get this out in Q3 if possible
We are not looking at time stamps at this point - The history logging alone would cause issues, but the use cases for time stamps are probably better addressed through different means than a function
@alexpavel Agreed - the idea should be merged into the one you showed me as that's exactly the same requirement I'm looking for. As community boss, can you do this?
@angs75 Yep that's definitely a viable option whilst we don't have this sort of functionality!
We currently have a workaround process and some relevant enhancements.
@DavidSmith , are there any updates on the timeframes? eg is this something that is planned to be released this/next month ? (safe harbour statements apply, I guess). 🙂
