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Working with a time field that is text (Forms -> SharePoint)

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Hi,


Bit of a challenge today, I am trying to find a way to deal with a limitation of Microsoft Forms in that it doesn't have a "Time" control.  At the moment I have two text controls on the form "Start Time" and "End Time", here users input the time they started/finished a job in the format 11:00 (they are using 24H clock so I don't have to worry about AM/PM).  The start/end times are always within the same day so no issues with trying to combine two days.

 

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What I am trying to achieve is to calculate the amount of time between the two time fields using Flow then push this result into a Number column within SharePoint.

 

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Any thoughts gratefully received.

 

Cheers

Rob

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    Mira Ghaly Profile Picture
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    @Rob_CTL 

    1. you need to convert the start and end times to an Integer using a an expression details as below

     

     

    I initialized 2 variables you can replace with your variables from the form

    Mira_Ghaly_0-1597748864767.png

    New Int Variable as below :int(split(variables('Start'),':')[0]), repeat the same for End

    Mira_Ghaly_1-1597749086632.png

     

     

    Mira_Ghaly_0-1597749213262.png

     

     

    Then use the the subtract expression as below to get the difference as below:

    sub(variables('EndInt'),variables('StartInt'))

    Mira_Ghaly_1-1597749300871.png

    If this post helps you with your problem, please mark your as Accepted solution.

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    MG (Naturally Curious)

     

  • Rob_CTL Profile Picture
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    @Mira_Ghaly thanks for the reply, I managed to use SharePoint calculated columns to do the transformation but I like your solution so I'll keep that in my tool box for next time.

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