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When using Add a row into a table, how do you insert a timestamp for when that row was added?

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I am looking to track when a file is added to a specific folder. I am able to add a row to an existing table in excel and add details related to the file added; however, I am unable to add the date and time for when the row was added. See current attributes below.

 

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I was able to create a VBA macro that would do it for me but I can't reference a File with Power Automate that is a xlsm format. Does anyone know of a solution to my issue? Thank you.

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    Re: When using Add a row into a table, how do you insert a timestamp for when that row was added?

    @Nived_Nambiar 

     

    That worked exactly how I wanted it to. The only thing I changed was the date format as you suggested I may have needed to so that it was legible by Excel. Below was the final result. Thank you.

     

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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
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    Re: When using Add a row into a table, how do you insert a timestamp for when that row was added?

    Hi   

    you can use utcnow() function to add timestamp when the row was added just like below

     
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    utcnow() represents current time in utc format 

    if you want to convert the utc time to other time use below function there instead so to convert to specific timezone for current time.

    https://zeitgeistcode.com/power-automate-convert-time-zone/

     

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