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Different Date and Time Outputs Converting from Excel to SharePoint - Please help understand why

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I have two different flows that collects data. Each flow collects data from a different Excel Online (Business) file the data is transferred to the same SharePoint List. The First Excel file gathers data of errors entered from MS Forms. The second Excel file are simple data entries. Where the weirdness comes in is the Date and Time conversion. Both Excel files utilize Date and Time but when that gets transferred to the SharePoint List there is an hour difference. At first I though it was due to something between a manual entry of Date and Time vs an Auto populated Date and Time from MS Forms, but the actual serial number is the same.

 

Does anyone have a good reason for the difference between these?

 

Here is the expression I am using to convert from the serial number to data and time:

addSeconds('1899-12-30',int(formatNumber(mul(float(item()?['Submitted Date']),86400),'0','en-us')),'MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm')

 

Screen Shots of the first flow to show that Date and Time Outputs. the Compose 2 is just showing the serial number pulled from the Excel file.

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PFSAdmin_2-1627996061127.png

 

Here is the second flow. Again, the Compose 2 is just to show the serial number of Date and Time from the Excel file.

 

PFSAdmin_3-1627996153717.png

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Not sure exactly why I have to subtract one hour from one of the flows when they are saved in the same Document folder, created from the same location and the end result goes to the same SharePoint List.

  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
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    I am not seeing a one hour difference, I am seeing a 5 hour difference.  That is because the source time zone is CST and the output time zone is UTC.  You went from 7/28/21 00:46 to 7/2821 05:46...correct?

  • PFSAdmin Profile Picture
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    There needed to be that difference because of how SharePoint and Forms data do not line up with date and time. I did end up figuring it out though thanks to a co-worker. It was one of those situations where I had two Convert time zone. One was for SharePoint point and the other was for Online Excel. What happened is that I had one set for Central US Time and the other was Central America. 

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