How to set time in Netsuite using suitescript 2.0?

Question

I can set time for timeofday type fields both UI/API.

I can set time for the time type field INITIAL TIME BUDGET as 16:55 using colon(:) separator in UI for Task.

I could not set time for that field as below using suitescript,

function load(recordType, id) {
   return record.load({
    type: recordType,
    id: id
    });
}

var recordType = "task"
var id = "123"

var objectRecord = load(recordType, id);
objectRecord.setValue("estimatedtime", "16:55");

var updatedId = objectRecord.save({});

I get this error

You have entered an Invalid Field Value 16:55 for the following field: estimatedtime

I tried the following cases,

"16:55" - Invalid Field Value
16:55   - UNEXPECTED_ERROR
16.55   - No error, but set as "estimatedtime":"16:33"

How to set time for time type field?

Answer 1

You need to create a Date object. For example, say you pass "13:00", you'll need to do something like:

dateStr = "13:00";

d = new Date();
dateParts = dateStr.split(":");
d.setHours(+dateParts[0]);
d.setMinutes(+dateParts[1]);

And then:

objectRecord.setValue("estimatedtime", d);

Answer 2

you have to set only hour value. Format has to 24 hours.

objectRecord.setValue("estimatedtime", 23);