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Adding Day, Month, Year from MS form to Excel

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Is there any way that a date field in MS Forms can be taken into an Excel table, but the date is split into Day, Month, Year columns?

This is part of a larger automation, that I would like to add another step into that populates a shared Excel document.

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    creativeopinion Profile Picture
    10,480 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Re: Adding Day, Month, Year from MS form to Excel

    @moragb 

     

    Manual Trigger

    While you build and test your flow I would recommend using a Manual Trigger. Add the Get Response details action and enter any Response Id that you can use to help build your flow.

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    Compose the Date

    The Compose actions below are optional. You can insert the expression directly into the Add a Row into a Table action if you prefer. I prefer to use Compose actions so I can run a test and view the outputs. 

     

    Add a Compose action.

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    Insert an Expression and use the formatDateTime() function.

     

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    Click on the Dynamic content tab and insert the appropriate dynamic content from the Get Response details action. 

     

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    Add a comma and single quotes. In between the single quotes—enter the date format. To return the full month enter:

    MMMM

     

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    Copy the expression to your clipboard. Add a Compose action for the Day and Year. 

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    Replace the format between the single quotes. To return the numerical day enter:

    dd

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    To return the year enter:

    yyyyy

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    Run a test. View the outputs to ensure the expressions are correct.

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    Group your Actions

    Add a Scope action to your flow. I like using Scope actions in my flow to group actions together to keep my flow organized.

     

    Add as many as you need in your flow.

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    Add Row into a Table

    Insert the output from the Compose actions into the appropriate fields.

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    You might also be interested in a new YT Tutorial I recently uploaded: How to Get a Microsoft Form RSVP Response into a SharePoint List

     

    I cover the following in this video tutorial:

    ✅ How to get a Microsoft Form Response into SharePoint

    ✅ How to get a Microsoft Form ID

    ✅ How to get a Microsoft Form response

    ✅ How to Build a Microsoft Form with Conditional Fields

    ✅ How to used Branching in Microsoft Forms

    ✅ How to format Microsoft Form multiple choice responses for a SharePoint multi-choice column

    ✅ How to parse a Microsoft Form multiple choice response as string of text

    ✅ How to convert a text response to a number

    ✅ How to use the Switch action

    ✅ How to create a custom email confirmation for a Microsoft Form submission

    ✅ How to Create a Custom View in a SharePoint list

    ✅ How to use the Compose Action

    ✅ How to write Power Automate Expressions

     

    Hope this helps!


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  • MoragB1495 Profile Picture
    30 on at
    Re: Adding Day, Month, Year from MS form to Excel

    Wish I could love this answer. Very simple, easy to understand and follow. Wonderful - worked perfectly. thank you

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