This article is relevant if you are using SuiteScript 2.0 to submit a date field to NetSuite.
Background
The ability to submit a single field of data to a record is efficient. Date fields are generally tricky in NetSuite. You may be getting an error such as “You have entered an Invalid Field Value 3/24/2019 3:27 PM for the following field:” message.
What is the right syntax?
SuiteScript 2.0 to Submit a Single NetSuite Date Field
Here is some sample code to update a record on a custom table.
//assuming you are referencing the N/format module as "format", then this is how you get a NetSuite date string and submit it to the database
var nsRefId = 33445 //record ID
var dateStr = format.format({value: new Date(), type: format.Type.DATETIME});
record.submitFields({type: "customrecord_prolecto_bitcoin", id: nsRefId, values: {custrecord_prolecto_bitcoin_dts: dateStr}});
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Please could you also give this for date time fields?
Hello Christopher,
This article is referencing a DateTime field. Am I confused?
Marty
Working with datetimes in Suitescript has been somewhat frustrating. I came across this article and this solution resulted in an error.
“type”:”error.SuiteScriptError”,”name”:”INVALID_FLD_VALUE”,”message”:”You have entered an Invalid Field Value 11/13/2024 11:26:00 am for the following field:
I have found in my experience the only way to get a datetime field to submit in SS2x is to use a date object instead of any kind of string.