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I have a simple flow which triggers when an item is created and modified in a SharePoint list. The flow posts a notification in teams personal chat when an item is created or modified. If flow triggers between 6PM today and 8AM tomorrow, I would like to delay the flow and trigger any time after 8AM. Can someone help me how to calculate the difference hours and delay the flow accordingly?

Thanks a lot in advance.

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v-litu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @RameshMukka,

You could following steps to approach that:

1. Since the item modified time is UTC time, so you should use the convertTimeZone() function convert the utc time to your local time.

convertTimeZone(triggerOutputs()?['body/Modified'], 'UTC', 'Pacific Standard Time','yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss')

2. Use Condition action check if the time greater than 18:00 and less than 24:00:00, if yes, add 1 day, then convert it to the UTC time, the time set to 8 o'clock, and append it to the Delay Until action;

addDays(variables('LocalTime'),1,'yyyy-MM-ddT08:00:00Z')
convertToUtc(formatDateTime(outputs('Compose'),'yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss'),'Pacific Standard Time','yyyy-MM-ddTHH:MM:ssZ')

3. if no, convert the time to 8 o'clock, and append the time to Delay Until:

convertToUtc(formatDateTime(variables('LocalTime'),'yyyy-MM-ddT08:mm:ss'),'Pacific Standard Time','yyyy-MM-ddTHH:MM:ssZ')

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@v-litu-msft Thanks a lot for this details. Time zone conversions are a bit confusion for me. I have a question here. Why didn't you choose 'LocalTime' in your condition? Shouldn't I check my local time falls between 00:00 and 07:59? I am confused as you used 'Modified'. Can you clarify?

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Hi @RameshMukka,

My mistake. It's an old screenshot, thank you for note.

Yes, you should check your local time falls between 00:00 and 07:59.

Correct screenshot as below:

convertTimeZone(triggerOutputs()?['body/Modified'], 'UTC', 'Pacific Standard Time','yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ')
formatDateTime(variables('LocalTime'),'HH:mm:ss')

Compose:

addDays(variables('LocalTime'),1,'yyyy-MM-ddT08:00:00Z')

Compose2:

convertToUtc(formatDateTime(outputs('Compose'),'yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss'),'Pacific Standard Time')

Delay Until 2:

convertToUtc(formatDateTime(variables('LocalTime'),'yyyy-MM-ddT08:mm:ss'),'Pacific Standard Time')

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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