How to format/get dateTime to NEXT full hour? (e.g. 6:40pm 12 seconds to 7.00 pm) in Server Connect only (not front end)

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#1

Hi guys,

I’m trying to format (in UTC) a dateTime insert / update to the next hour.

E.g. if it’s currently 05.43.32 (hour-minute-seconds) I’d like to format current dateTime’s time to 06.00.00.

I’m sure it’s possible, so wondering if anyone has any ideas/solutions for this?

I’m using Node/MariaDB.

Matt

#2

Hi, you can use the date add formatter to add +1 hour and then apply a date format HH:00:00
Example:

{{NOW.dateAdd('hours', 1).formatDate('HH:00:00')}}
#3

Amazing, worked perfectly. Thank you !

#4

As an aside, you can also find the nearest full hour using the same technique but adding 30 mins.
So 5.25 becomes 5, 5.35 becomes 6