today() function

[roger53593]

another person was doing some testing - he changed his machine to another date (verified via outlook and command line both before and after testing), ran PB using the today() function from his machine (not on a network - all the code is on the PC) and the function returned the actual date of today - not the date on his machine.

Obviously, it seems that it must be going to the server, but that seems strange, I would have thought it would look at the clock on the machine it is running.

Does anyone have an idea of the mechanics of how it actually works?

 

[thekl0wn]

As far as I know, the Today( ) function uses the local time, because typically developers have issues when writing to a database that the date/time is from the local machine, and not set to the server's time, and therefore actual chronological time is not upheld because of timezones.

I know this is the typical "Geek Squad" fix, but has the PC been rebooted to ensure that all settings are current?