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Conditional step triggers too early because of GMT

  • September 19, 2024
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Jean_Thoensen
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My automation has a conditional step that runs if these conditions are met:

{Date Assigned GMT} is on or after 10/01/2024 AND
{Date Assigned GMT} is on or before 10/31/2024

I am located in the Eastern Time Zone. I am aware that automations do everything in GMT.

How can I prevent this step from running until it is really 10/01/2024 in Eastern Time?

 

Best answer by TheTimeSavingCo

Thanks for your suggestion, but this is a problem with a conditional step within the automation itself, not the trigger. The trigger is driven by a non-date event. This conditional step, which sends an email, should only happen during certain times. That’s why we have a conditional group at the end of the automation—if we’re within a certain window, only then send an email.


What if you used a formula field to figure out whether it's within the window you want and use the conditonal on that instead? 

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TheTimeSavingCo
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  • September 20, 2024

Perhaps you could try a "When record enters view" trigger instead?  It seems like the view filters respect timezones so that may work


Jean_Thoensen
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  • September 20, 2024

Perhaps you could try a "When record enters view" trigger instead?  It seems like the view filters respect timezones so that may work


Thanks for your suggestion, but this is a problem with a conditional step within the automation itself, not the trigger. The trigger is driven by a non-date event. This conditional step, which sends an email, should only happen during certain times. That’s why we have a conditional group at the end of the automation—if we’re within a certain window, only then send an email.


TheTimeSavingCo
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  • September 21, 2024

Thanks for your suggestion, but this is a problem with a conditional step within the automation itself, not the trigger. The trigger is driven by a non-date event. This conditional step, which sends an email, should only happen during certain times. That’s why we have a conditional group at the end of the automation—if we’re within a certain window, only then send an email.


What if you used a formula field to figure out whether it's within the window you want and use the conditonal on that instead? 


Jean_Thoensen
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  • September 23, 2024

What if you used a formula field to figure out whether it's within the window you want and use the conditonal on that instead? 


I think that would work better, @TheTimeSavingCo. Thank you for the suggestion.