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Posted on by JC-16021545-0 17
I have an AI in a flow which scans documents for the date on them, and then inputs them into an excel file.
 
It is finding the dates and inputing them into excel fine, however for some / a lot of the dates it is inputing them into excel in american formate, swaping the month and the day around for some reason.
 
I have checked that the dates are in Uk formate on the documents, and some dates are input in the Uk formate as well, it is like a 50/50 as to what formate it will be in.
 
 
Does anyone know how i can get it to only input the dates into excel in UK formate.
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    Robu1 1,621 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    Thank you for choosing Microsoft Community.
     
    AI Builder often outputs dates as text, and Power Automate + Excel then “guess” the format.

    If a date can be interpreted as US (e.g., 03/07/2024), Excel flips it.

    If it cannot be US (e.g., 21/02/2024), it stays correct.
     
    To fix this, you must normalise the date inside Power Automate before writing to Excel.
     
    1. Convert the AI‑extracted date to ISO format as this removes all ambiguity.
    formatDateTime(aiDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd')
     
    2. Convert the ISO date into UK format (dd/MM/yyyy)
    This guarantees Excel receives a UK‑formatted date every time.
    formatDateTime(formatDateTime(aiDate, 'yyyy-MM-dd'), 'dd/MM/yyyy')
     
    3. Use this final value in your Excel “Add a row” action
    Excel will now always store the date correctly in UK format.

    If I've helped solve your query, kindly mark my response as the solution ✔ and like my suggestion ❤️  Your feedback supports future seekers 🚀
     
    Thanks,

    Robu1 👩‍💻

     

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