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.
Availability
<table> <tr> <td>Marketing Cloud Engagement</td> <td>✅ Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marketing Cloud Next</td> <td>❌ No</td> </tr> </table>Syntax
LocalDateToSystemDate(timeToConvert)
The LocalDateToSystemDate() function has one parameter:
timeToConvert(string): Required. The time string that you want to convert.
Usage
This example returns the local time based on the value contained in the @currentSystemTime variable, then converts it back to system time.
%%[
Var @currentSystemTime
Set @currentSystemTime = Now()
]%%
<p>Local Time For User: %%=SystemDateToLocalDate(@currentSystemTime)=%%</p>
<p>Converted Back to System Time %%=LocalDateToSystemDate(@currentSystemTime)=%%</p>