When I try to get the time of creation of a file in Google Drive with the built in function getDateCreated() in the apps script, it returns the time an hour after the creation. My code is as follows
var folder = DriveApp.getFolderById(myFolderId);
var contents = folder.getFiles();
var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getActiveSheet();
var var_file;
var var_name;
var var_link;
var var_owner;
var var_time;
while(contents.hasNext()){
var_file = contents.next();
var_name = var_file.getName();
var_link = var_file.getUrl();
var_owner = var_file.getOwner().getName();
var_time = var_file.getDateCreated();
sheet.appendRow([var_name,var_link,var_owner, var_time]);
}
If time of creation of a file is 25/06/2022 22:48:39 The output of my code returns 25/06/2022 23:48:39 which is an error. Note: My time zone is UTC-5
I did some research on different built-in methods in Javascript and the .toLocaleTimeString() seems to work fine returning the actual time the file was created.
var_time = var_file.getDateCreated().toLocaleTimeString();
It's also quite important to check the appsscript.json file which can be accesed by going to Project Settings and toggling on the option Show the appsscripts.json file
The only reason could be the time zone setup of your script file. You can check out bi going to File > Project properties in the script editor.
Also you can review this setting running this:
var timeZone = Session.getScriptTimeZone();
Logger.log(timeZone);