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Time Issues with a Power Automate Desktop Flow

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Good afternoon!

 

I'm currently using the web version of Power Automate to capture responses from a Microsoft Form.

 

RV Time Output.jpg

 

Everything looks good when it's parsed and entered into the XLS doc shown below:

 

RV Time Output in XLS.jpg

 

From here, a Desktop Power Automate Flow is triggered that reads the content of this row and uses it to automate the creation of an account in a website.

Read XLS in DPA.jpg

 

On the surface, everything looks fine, however - when it's actually reading the data in Power Automate Desktop, the table shows that there is a time-stamp.

 

Read XLS with time stamp in DPA.jpg

 

And of course, it's entering the date and the time into the website for the account creation. The website (an LMS) can't accept a time in the date field. I've tried formatting the data type in Excel to only show a short date. In Excel, it doesn't show the time-stamp. It only appears when Power Automate Desktop reads the XLS file and creates the table.

 

I'm not sure how to fix this. Has anyone encountered this issue before?

 

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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Kmmille25 

     

    It seems to be default date format of date in power automate desktop. To remove time, you can use the below action

     

    Nived_Nambiar_0-1678872047771.png

     

     

    This would help in converting date to specific format

     

    Input date : 

    Nived_Nambiar_1-1678872076415.png

     

     

     

    Output date: 

    Nived_Nambiar_2-1678872093003.png

     

     

     

    Thanks & Regards,

    Nived N

  • Kmmille25 Profile Picture
    52 on at

    Testing it now. Thank you Nived!

  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    You are welcome @Kmmille25 

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