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Date Formatting in Create Event (V2)

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Posted on by E-Mac 60

Hi All,

 

I have been working with the Create Event (V2) service under Office 365 Outlook.

When trying to create an event, the input date format is changed from PowerApps and changed again when outputted.

 

Input: Start Time: 05/06/2017 & End Time: 09/06/2017

 

Output: Start Time: 2017-05-06T00:00:00+00:00 & End Time: 2017-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

 

This puts an event in the calender from 6th May - 6th September. (Should be 5th June - 9th June)

The values are inputted from PowerApps in the same format as the output should be (2017-06-05 & 2017-06-09), but they are flipped around going into the input, (as above in input).

 

Any help on getting the correct format would be great, thanks.

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

    Hi @E-Mac,

    Could you please explain a bit for the " changed from PowerApps"?

    If the date comes from PowerApps, could we consider to take use of the Text function to format the date into UTC format?

    Text function in PowerApps

     

    Further, if this is not the case, would you please share your flow configuration in a screenshot?

    There is another way to format the Date string, using Compose Action and the FormatDatetime() function in Workflow Definition Language.

    Formula example:

    "@FormatDateTime(Body('Create_event_(V2)')['Start'],'o')"

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    Regards,

    Michael

  • E-Mac Profile Picture
    E-Mac 60 on at

    Hi Michael,

     

    Thanks for the reply. I have looked into it more and have been using compose to try resolve it.

    The details in this link might explain the issue a bit better. Converting a date from PowerApps using Compose

     

    Thanks.

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