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Various ways to format date in long formats

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Posted on by CodeAvenue 104

Dropping this here for someone starting out with Power Automate and having a hard time finding the right way to format dates.

* Get the year:

formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'yyyy')

Equals 2024

 

* Get the month:

formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'MM')

formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MMMM') which gives the result August.
so MM=08, MMM=Aug, MMMM=August

 

*Long format date

formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'MMMM dd, yyyy')

Equals March 27, 2024

 

*Get day of the week

formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'dddd MMMM dd, yyyy')

Equals Wednesday March 27, 2024

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  • v-yueyun-msft Profile Picture
    v-yueyun-msft on at

    Hi, @CodeAvenue 

    Thanks for sharing on the date format! You can use your own reply Mark as a solution, which can help more people!

     

    Best Regards,

    Yueyun Zhang

  • Chriddle Profile Picture
    Chriddle 8,436 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    There's a bit more to it (e.g. locale, single format specifier)

     

    To learn the basics I recommend to start here:

     

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    CodeAvenue 104 on at
     

    Dropping this here for someone starting out with Power Automate and having a hard time finding the right way to format dates.
     

    * Get the year:

    formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'yyyy')

    Equals 2024

     

    * Get the month:

    formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'MM')

    formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MMMM') which gives the result August.
    so MM=08, MMM=Aug, MMMM=August

     

    *Long format date

    formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'MMMM dd, yyyy')

    Equals March 27, 2024

     

    *Get day of the week

    formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/start'],'dddd MMMM dd, yyyy')

    Equals Wednesday March 27, 2024

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