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Reformat an Azure SQL GET field to an ISO 8601 time format

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I am trying to create a flow that periodically looks at an Azure SQL database and checks for a timestamp in a table. If the timestamp is older than 65 seconds it will then send an alert. Below is the flow and then the error message I am getting. I have two fields lastCheck=Date/Time and lastCheckString=String. I keep getting the same error when using either one.

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  • Christopher S Profile Picture
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    Re: Reformat an Azure SQL GET field to an ISO 8601 time format

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    As you can see on the image with the error message, the AddSeconds function is expecting a specific format, "lastCheck" has the correct format and "lastCheckString" doesn't, you can compare both and notice that "lastCheckString" is missing the T in the middle and also the milliseconds.

     

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    Re: Reformat an Azure SQL GET field to an ISO 8601 time format

    Thank you @chsanche ,

     

    So, lastCheck is of the type DateTime and that was not working. I would get the error listed in the image below. Some said that you wanted to use type String for the field so I created lastCheckString as a string type. I would think that DateTime would work and format it correctly (ISO 8601) and it looks like it did with the T and the milliseconds. I changed the function to use lastCheck instead and get a similar message.

     

    Error when lastCheck is in the functionError when lastCheck is in the function

     

    I appreciate your assistance with this issue.

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