Timezone conversion

[Andreas_Marinopoulos]

My application needs to convert between timezones.

Converting to UTC is easy with Backendless Codeless, These blocks:

give Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:00:00 GMT which is great.

I am looking to convert a date from GMT to EST, is this possible in Backendless?

[olhadanylova]

Hello @Andreas_Marinopoulos,
in accordance with the fact that EST = GMT - 5, you can use the date offset block to calculate the time in the required zone:

Regards,
Olha

[Andreas_Marinopoulos]

Thanks!