Survey123 - Time isn't displaying in EST after submitting

Question

We have a regular text field with a now() calculation to get the current time in our survey. When we submit survey and we look at the record in portal and ArcMap it's displaying something totally different. How can we display our current time in EST?

Katie_Clark · Answer

Hello,

Did the OP find a way to change the display? I feel like this is closely related to my question and I am trying to get some answers.

Change military time display in record table

Thanks!

James Tedrick‌

Jordan Miller‌

JamesTedrick · Answer

Hi Jordan,

now() should be presenting the current time the survey is taken; that is then stored in UTC time when written to the feature service.  For example, if I take a survey at 9:00 am EDT (we're in daylight savings currently), it is 1:00pm (or 13:00) UTC; that is the value I would expect to see when viewing the results in a program that does not automatically assume UTC and adjust for the local time zone (like ArcMap).  Are you saying instead that you are seeing a value of 9:00 pm?

JordanMiller4 · Answer

Thanks! On the survey123 form the it lists the AM & PM but it doesn't seem to move that to the enterprise geodatabase. If there a code that we need with Now()?