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Update CRM Date field with Today's Date

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I am having an issue when trying to update a date field to the current date in CRM with a Power Automate flow and hoping someone here can help me.  I have searched and can't find a solution.

 

Doing an Update Record

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Updating Send Survey field to current date with format of 'mm/dd/yyyy'

 

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This is a snippte of the error but format of date should me 'mm/dd/yyyy'  (Bold text is what I think the issue is of sorts)

 
{
  "status"400,
  "message""--batchresponse_843fa7ff-5a05-4a05-8510-fb2cc4a3ef25\r\nContent-Type: application/http\r\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\n\r\nHTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\nREQ_ID: f1a6d15d-f8f0-4fb8-ae2c-d775b4f5a8f1\r\nContent-Type: application/json; odata.metadata=minimal\r\nOData-Version: 4.0\r\n\r\n{\"error\":{\"code\":\"0x0\",\"message\":\"An error occurred while validating input parameters: Microsoft.OData.ODataException: Cannot convert the literal '53/27/2020' to the expected type 'Edm.Date'. ---> System.FormatException: String '53/27/2020' was not recognized as a valid Edm.Date.\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.PlatformHelper.ConvertStringToDate(String text)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.ODataPayloadValueConverter.ConvertStringValue(String stringValue, Type targetType)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.ODataPayloadValueConverter.ConvertFromPayloadValue(Object value, IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference)\\r\\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.ODataPayloadValueConverter.ConvertFromPayloadValue(Object value, IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.Crm.Extensibility.ODataV4.CrmPrimitivePayloadValueConverter.ConvertFromPayloadValue(Object value, IEdmTypeReference edmTypeReference)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.JsonLight.ODataJsonLightReaderUtils.ConvertValue(Object value, IEdmPrimitiveTypeReference primitiveTypeReference, ODataMessageReaderSettings messageReaderSettings, Boolean validateNullValue, String propertyName, ODataPayloadValueConverter converter)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.JsonLight.ODataJsonLightPropertyAndValueDeserializer.ReadPrimitiveValue(Boolean insideJsonObjectValue, IEdmPrimitiveTypeReference expectedValueTypeReference, Boolean validateNullValue, String propertyName)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.JsonLight.ODataJsonLightPropertyAndValueDeserializer.ReadNonEntityValueImplementation(String payloadTypeName, IEdmTypeReference expectedTypeReference, PropertyAndAnnotationCollector propertyAndAnnotationCollector, CollectionWithoutExpectedTypeValidator collectionValidator, Boolean validateNullValue, Boolean isTopLevelPropertyValue, Boolean insideResourceValue, String propertyName, Nullable`1 isDynamicProperty)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.JsonLight.ODataJsonLightResourceDeserializer.ReadEntryDataProperty(IODataJsonLightReaderResourceState resourceState, IEdmProperty edmProperty, String propertyTypeName)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.JsonLight.ODataJsonLightResourceDeserializer.ReadPropertyWithValue(IODataJsonLightReaderResourceState resourceState, String propertyName, Boolean isDeltaResourceSet)\\r\\n   at Microsoft.OData.JsonLight.ODataJsonLightResourceDeserializer.<>c__DisplayClass9_0.
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  • MJain Profile Picture
    2,450 on at

    Hi @scottmusich ,

     

    Please use the format as 'MM/dd/yyyy' .

     

    Thanks

  • scottmusich Profile Picture
    2 on at

    That is what I am doing. Here it is copy/pasted so we can see it better.

     
    formatDateTime(utcNow(),'mm/dd/yyyy')
  • RossB Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello,

     

    Try this and see what happens:   formatDateTime(utcNow(), 'M/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss')

     

    Thanks!

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