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Posted on by knparksnyc

Hello I'm trying to compare dates in a filter query for a SharePoint get items. This the event date format

  "EventDate": "2015-09-14T17:30:00Z"
the expression im comparing it to formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-ddT00:00:01Z')
Is their something I'm doing wrong?
 
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Error Receiving: The expression "EventDate eq 2024-12-19T00:00:01Z and EventDate eq 2024-12-ThursdayT23:59:59Z" is not valid. Creating query failed.

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @knparksnyc

I think you have forget to put single quotes around the expression as Odata filter query requires that.

Expression should have been like this (for comparing with single date)

DateColumn eq 'DateValue'

Also the second date expressions seems to be incorrect

EventDate eq 2024-12-19T00:00:01Z and EventDate eq 2024-12-ThursdayT23:59:59Z

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maybe '' is missing.
try adding '@{formatDateTime(utcNow(),'yyyy-MM-ddT00:00:01Z')}'

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MarkRahn 1,229 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi,

You need to add single quotes around the formatDateTime like this:

You can see some examples of using Filter Query here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/business-apps/power-automate/guidance/working-with-get-items-and-get-files#filter-queries

which has an example of using Dates.

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