- The article discusses how to easily convert Date Time between UTC and local time in Dynamics 365 Business Central.
- Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary global time standard used to regulate clocks and time.
- In Business Central, users can define their time zone based on their physical location.
- Time-related data is a common requirement for many applications, and the article briefly explains how to get Coordinated Universal Time (UTC Time) in Business Central.
- Users can use timezone offset to convert time zones, which is the difference in hours between a specific time zone and UTC.
- The article explains how to get the timezone offset in AL using the GetUserTimezoneOffset method in codeunit 10 "Type Helper."
- By utilizing the Duration Data Type, users can easily calculate time conversions, such as converting the current datetime to UTC via timezone offset.
- The article provides a sample converter code on GitHub for reference and encourages readers to give it a try.
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