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Planner task Looking for a way to inject Month name into Title.

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I am new to flow so, sorry if this is a simple question.

We are using Flow to make repeat task in planner. For example a task that must be done every week or every month.

I am looking for a way to inject information into the title such as the month name or date.

Lets say the title of the Planner task is  “Empty and clean out the refrigerator
But I would like to do something like  (MonthName) - Empty and clean out the refrigerator

This way you can see what month the task was made for. “July - Empty and clean out the refrigerator

Other idea would be inject the Date into the title.

Example “Check PO Box for the week” to  “(todaysDate) - Check PO Box for the week”
Task would be “July 3, 2019 - Check PO Box for the week”

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    yashag2255 Profile Picture
    24,769 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Hi @uidb5249 

     

    Please see the screenshot below:pla.PNG

     

    Expressions used:

    1. formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MMMM') this returns the current month
    2. formatDateTime(utcNow(),'dd/MM/yyyy') this returns today's date. 

     

    Hope this helps!

     

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  • v-bacao-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @uidb5249 ,

     

    Please try following expression to get Month Name and Date with expected format.

    Month Name:

    utcNow('MMMM')

    Date:

    utcNow('MMMM d,yyyy')

    Image reference:

    49.PNG

    Hope it helps.

     

    Best Regards,

  • uidb5249 Profile Picture
    5 on at

    thank you this worked, I had no idea i could do that.. thank you

  • Jonathan_Briggs Profile Picture
    19 on at

    Is there an easy way to return the previous months name using this method?

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