ChatGPT pulling wrong date and time with NOW variable

I am using ChatGPT to pulling in conversations to go back and forth but when it gets the time from the {{now}} variable it is not the same time I have set in the organisation or profile settings.

How can I change this or force it to get the current time for AEST?

Welcome to the Make community!

To do this, you can use the built-in function:

This function may have also been covered in the Make Academy tutorials — refer to the Make Academy Course Overview to learn more.

Here’s an example of how you can use this function:

{{ formatDate(now; "DD/MM/YYYY"; "Australia/Sydney") }}
(copy-paste the above into the field, or type it exactly as shown)

e.g.:
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For more information, please refer to these courses in the Make Academy:

Intermediate Functions

  • Transforming date and time using functions
  • Conditional functions
  • String and array conversion functions part 1
  • String and array conversion functions part 2

Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

@samliew
P.S.: investing some effort into the tutorials in the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make!