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I have a process builder by which I am calculating the time difference between NOW() and another Case object date field.

My formula goes like this 

Time_Spent__c = NOW() - Start_Time__c

However when Time_Spent__c is not getting populated correctly. I saw that all time differences are calculated in GMT. What I would like to understand is the difference comes in what value- s(seconds) or mS (milliseconds) >

I needed my value in hours, so I used the below formula 

 Time_Spent__c = ((NOW() - Start_Time__c)/(1000*60*60)) - assuming the difference is coming in milliseconds. However the value is still not coming up properly. If (NOW() -Start_Time__c ) equals 5. The time spent is coming as 1.03 which is definitely not correct. Is is a problem of the time zone

Also Start_Time__c was defaulted to NOW() when the case was created.

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  • try changing your formula to text and use TEXT(NOW() - Start_Time__c) – rahul gawale Dec 6 '18 at 12:10
  • @rahulgawale , I cannot change it to text. Is there any way of doing it with DateTime field. – user55791 Dec 6 '18 at 15:16
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Now() - SpecifiedDateTime returns the difference in miliseconds.

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  • I tried it. I needed my value in hours, so I used the below formula Time_Spent__c = ((NOW() - Start_Time__c)/(1000*60*60)) However the value is still not coming up properly. If (NOW() -Start_Time__c ) equals 5. The time spent is coming as 1.03 which is definitely not correct. Is is a problem of the time zone? – user55791 Dec 6 '18 at 12:00

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