LocalDateToSystemDate

Converts a local datetime string to the system time.

The system time is North American Central Standard Time (UTC-6) without adjustments for daylight saving time. The local time is the time of your Marketing Cloud Engagement user account, which can be configured in Setup.

Marketing Cloud Engagement ✅ Yes
Marketing Cloud Next ❌ No

The LocalDateToSystemDate() function has one parameter:

  • timeToConvert (string): Required. The time string that you want to convert.

This example returns the local time based on the value contained in the @currentSystemTime variable, then converts it back to system time.