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Specific time of day as workflow variable

  • November 3, 2021
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I am building a workflow that will send out SMS notifications (using 3rd party API) and I want to put a decision point in the workflow to look at the time of day.  If the time of day is between, say, 8am and 5pm CST, I want the workflow to continue, otherwise, I want the workflow to take a different path where it'll just end.  

 

I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up the decision point step to do this?  I'm stumped, as in the date/time operators I just don't see how. 

 

Any thoughts are welcome.

 

Rob

 

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    SarelL
    • SarelL
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    • November 5, 2021

    Hi @rob_n 

     

    You can use the DateTime functions/Expressions in the Context Browser. 

    Compare the current Datetime (Now) with Add hours of today + 8 for 8 am and + 17 for 5 pm. Timezones will depend on your server settings. 

     

    See the screenshots attached for more info. 

     

    Regards

    Sarel

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    • November 5, 2021

    Thanks.  

     

    I believe that would work.

     

    After playing around with it, though, I just went ahead and used a SQL Stored Procedure instead.  Seemed like an easier approach to calculate the time difference in SQL.  

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