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Help with formatdatetime(adddays()) function following an email

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Posted on by swinnings 27

Hello,

 

I am working on creating a flow where, when I receive an email, a calendar event is set up 1 day from the event.

I've tried a few expressions and still get errors.

Any help is appreciated!!

 

what I am currently trying:

formatdaytime(adddays(triggerOutputs()?['body/receivedDateTime'],1,'MM/dd/yyyy'))

Have also tried this without success:

if(empty(triggerOutputs()?['body/receivedDateTime']),null,formatdaytime(adddays(triggerOutputs()?['body/receivedDateTime'],1,'MM/dd/yyyy')))

 

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    srApps 306 on at

    One thing that stands out is the expression you're using. It should be formatDateTime (not daytime). You may also want it to be a full date time value like 2022-11-17T08:00:00. If you don't include the time it will be created with a start time and end times of midnight.

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    swinnings 27 on at

    Not sure how that happened, but thank you! It seems to be working!

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