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How to make a scheduled flow run on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month

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Hey there! I have a simple flow that is currently triggered to run weekly, every other Monday but I would like it to run on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month. It looks like I need to put in a trigger condition but I'm not sure of the formatting, can someone help?

My flow is 2 parts, the recurrence trigger and sending an email.

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mrcwojcik 68 on at

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Hello,

so in your trigger you need to go to Settings and there in trigger conditions you should check date. Something like this.

or(equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow(),1)), equals(int(utcNow('dd')),3))

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stacycakes891 12 on at

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Thanks for the quick response @mrcwojcik

I understand the first half of the formula you posted but can you elaborate on this part? I'm not familiar with the DD or what the 3 represents. Much appreciated!

equals(int(utcNow('dd')),3))

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SpongYe 5,715 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @stacycakes891

To run on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month you trigger code would look like:

@or( // Check if today is the 1st Monday of the month and( equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow()), 1), // Is today Monday? lessOrEquals(day(utcNow()), 7) // Is today between the 1st and 7th? ), // Check if today is the 3rd Monday of the month and( equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow()), 1), // Is today Monday? greaterOrEquals(day(utcNow()), 15), // Is today the 15th or later? lessOrEquals(day(utcNow()), 21) // Is today the 21st or earlier? ) )

Hope this helps!

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stacycakes891 12 on at

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Thanks for the details @SpongYe

I pasted that into my Trigger Condition but I'm getting an error, should I paste into the Code View? Sorry I'm fairly new to Power Automate so still learning...

What should I change my frequency to? Daily?

This is what I had before:

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SpongYe 5,715 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Under recurrence select the three dots:

Click add trigger conditions and add the code:

@or(and(equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow()),1),lessOrEquals(day(utcNow()),7)),and(equals(dayOfWeek(utcNow()),1),greaterOrEquals(day(utcNow()),15),lessOrEquals(day(utcNow()),21)))

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