Hi! Im very new to Node-Red and are trying to create a function. My code looks like this: let startDate = new Date(2022,8,7,0,0,0,0); node.warn(["your_variable=", startDate]); the debug log output is this: 2022-09-06T22:00:00.000Z While im expecting it to be 2022-08-07T00:00:00.000Z Im using…

Hi @Draax The new Date(...) function expects a monthIndex, which starts at 0 for January. So passing in an 8 as you are, actually means September. As for the hours - the function creates the time in the timezone of the device its running on. If you are passing in 00:00:00 as the time, the fact it …

Hi @knolleary , Much appreciated for your feedback! I understand the month index part but if possible could you please provide me an example of how I could achieve creating a starting date of today with the hours 00:00:00?

try without the time ie =new Date(2022, 7, 7)

Do you want midnight local time or midnight UTC?

Your new Date (2022, 8, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0); What you get is a Date instead of a str and your time zone ratio is +2. It is recommended to use moment to solve it. This module is very powerful

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Apologize for late response, thanks everyone for the input!
@knolleary 's answer resolved everything

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