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Flow using date as the row identifier not working

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my flow works until I get to the identify row by date. I'm using the format m/d/yyyy but it keeps saying it cant find the date. I am reformattng the date from the email to match what i have in excel. Any tips will be appreciated.
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  • Vish WR Profile Picture
    3,748 on at
     
    Can you share code snippet how you get date and how you compare ?
     
     
  • lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,716 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Always use ISO-8601 formatted dates only.
  • KC-15042139-0 Profile Picture
    4 on at
    The flow is triggered by a new email with a specific subject line entering my inbox
     
    Body of email and received time are turned from HTML to text
     
     
    To find specific number I'm looking for in the body of the email to update my sharepoint excel file with I used compose: 
    trim(replace(first(split(last(split(outputs(‘Html_to_text’)?[‘body’], ‘Quantity:  â€™)), ‘ records’)), ‘#’, “)).
     
    I used compose to format the date to match what I have in excel which is, for example 4/17/2026
    formatDateTime(triggerOutputs((‘Html_to_text’)?[‘received time’], 'm/d/yyyy'))
     
    I then chose the Update a row function choosing the specific table within the excel file
    Key Column: Date
    Key Value: Compose Formatted Date Output
    Column to Update: Initial Compose Split Output
     
    Appreciate any help
     
  • KC-15042139-0 Profile Picture
    4 on at
    The flow is triggered by a new email with a specific subject line entering my inbox
     
    Body of email and received time are turned from HTML to text
     
     
    To find specific number I'm looking for in the body of the email to update my sharepoint excel file with I used compose: 
    trim(replace(first(split(last(split(outputs(‘Html_to_text’)?[‘body’], ‘Quantity:  â€™)), ‘ records’)), ‘#’, “)).
     
    I used compose to format the date to match what I have in excel which is, for example 4/17/2026
    formatDateTime(triggerOutputs((‘Html_to_text’)?[‘received time’], 'm/d/yyyy'))
     
    I then chose the Update a row function choosing the specific table within the excel file
    Key Column: Date
    Key Value: Compose Formatted Date Output
    Column to Update: Initial Compose Split Output
     
    Appreciate any help

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