GlideDate- Scoped

The scoped GlideDate class provides methods for performing operations on GlideDate objects, such as instantiating GlideDate objects or working with GlideDate fields.

For guidance on date time input strings with a list of common format conflicts, refer to Date and time format guidelines.

See also GlideDateTime - Scoped.

Parent Topic:Server API reference

Scoped GlideDate - GlideDate()

Creates a GlideDate object with the current date time.

//Today's date is April 21, 2021
var gd = new GlideDate();
gs.info(gd.getValue());

Output:

2021-04-21

Scoped GlideDate - getByFormat(String format)

Gets the date in the specified date format.

var gd = new GlideDate(); 
gd.setValue('2021-04-21');
gs.info(gd.getByFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"));

Output:

21-04-2021

Scoped GlideDate - getDayOfMonthNoTZ()

Gets the day of the month stored by the GlideDate object, expressed in the UTC time zone.

//Today's date is 2016-05-13 
var gd =new GlideDate();
gs.info(gd.getDayOfMonthNoTZ());

Output:

13

Scoped GlideDate - getDisplayValue()

Gets the date and time field value in the UTC time zone.

See also: getDisplayValueInternal()

var gd = new GlideDate(); 
gd.setValue('2025-04-21');
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValue());

Output:

2025-04-21

Scoped GlideDate - getDisplayValueEx(String style)

Returns the date using the current user's timezone and a specified format.

This example returns the date using the current user's timezone and each formatting option.

var gd = new GlideDate();
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValueEx("short"));
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValueEx("medium"));
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValueEx("long"));
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValueEx("full"));

Output:

1/27/26  //short
Jan 27, 2026  //medium
January 27, 2026  //long
Tuesday, January 27, 2026  //full

Scoped GlideDate - getDisplayValueInternal()

Gets the date in the internal format (yyyy-MM-dd) and current user's timezone.

See also Scoped GlideDate - getDisplayValueInternal()

var gd = new GlideDate(); 
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValueInternal());

Output:

2021-04-21

Scoped GlideDate - getDisplayValueLang(String style, String language)

Returns the date value in the user's locale according to a specified language and date style.

The following example returns the date of the user's locale in various languages and styles.

var gd = new GlideDate(); // This will fetch the current date


gs.info('date: ' + gd.getDisplayValue());

gs.info('date: ' + gd.getDisplayValueLang("full", "fr"));
gs.info('date: ' + gd.getDisplayValueLang("long", "en-GB"));
gs.info('date: ' + gd.getDisplayValueLang("medium", "de"));
gs.info('date: ' + gd.getDisplayValueLang("short", "es-MX"));

Output:

date: 2023-01-18
date: mercredi 18 janvier 2023
date: 18 January 2023
date: 18.01.2023
date: 18/01/23

Scoped GlideDate - getMonthNoTZ()

Gets the month stored by the GlideDate object, expressed in the UTC time zone.

//Today's date is 2016-05-13
var gd =new GlideDate();
gs.info(gd.getMonthNoTZ());

Output:

5

Scoped GlideDate - getValue()

Gets the date in the internal format (yyyy-MM-dd) and the system time zone (UTC by default).

var gd = new GlideDate();
gd.setValue('2021-04-21');
gs.info(gd.getValue());

Output:

2021-04-21

Scoped GlideDate - getYearNoTZ()

Gets the year stored by the GlideDate object, expressed in the UTC time zone.

//Today's date is 2016-05-13
var gd =new GlideDate();
gs.info(gd.getYearNoTZ());

Output:

2016

Scoped GlideDate - setDisplayValue(String asDisplayed)

Sets a date value using the current user's display format and time zone.

var gd = new GlideDate();
gd.setDisplayValue("2011-01-01");
gs.info(gd.getValue());

Output:

2011-01-01

Scoped GlideDate - setDisplayValueEx(String date, String style)

Sets the date using a specified format.

This example sets the date using a specified format.

gd = new GlideDate();
gd.setDisplayValueEx("Jan 28, 2026", "medium");
gs.info(gd.getDisplayValueEx("full"));

Output:

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Scoped GlideDate - setDisplayValueLang(String date, String style)

Sets a date using a specified style and format according to the current user's locale.

The following example shows how you can set the current date of the user's locale to 'full' style using setDisplayValueLang().

glideDate.setDisplayValueLang("2/3/2023", "short");


gs.info('date: ' + glideDate.getDisplayValue());
gs.info('date: ' + glideDate.getDisplayValueLang("full"));

Output:

date: 2023-02-03
date: Friday, February 3, 2023

Scoped GlideDate - setDisplayValueLang(String date, String style, String language)

Sets a date using a specified style, language, and format according to the current user's locale.

The following example returns the date and time in short and full styles for English and French.

var glideDateFR = new GlideDate(); 

glideDateUS.setDisplayValueLang("2/3/202", "short", "en-US" );
glideDateFR.setDisplayValueLang("2/3/2023", "short", "fr-FR" );

gs.info('en-US date: ' + glideDateUS.getDisplayValue());
gs.info('en-US date: ' + glideDateUS.getDisplayValueLang("full"));

gs.info('fr-FR date: ' + glideDateFR.getDisplayValue());
gs.info('fr-FR date: ' + glideDateFR.getDisplayValueLang("full"));

Output:

en-US date: 2023-02-03
en-US date: Friday, February 3, 2023
fr-FR date: 2023-03-02
fr-FR date: Thursday, March 2, 2023

Scoped GlideDate - setValue(String o)

Sets the date of the current GlideDate object in internal format (yyyy-MM-dd) and the system time zone (UTC by default).

var gd = new GlideDate(); 
gd.setValue('2015-01-01');
gs.info(gd.getValue());

Output:

2015-01-01

Scoped GlideDate - subtract(GlideDate start, GlideDate end)

Gets the duration difference between two GlideDate values.

var sgd1 = new GlideDate(); 
sgd1.setDisplayValue('2014-07-18'); 
var sgd2 = new GlideDate(); 
sgd2.setDisplayValue('2014-07-19'); 

var duration = GlideDate.subtract(sgd1, sgd2); 
gs.info(duration.getDisplayValue());

Output:

1 Day