web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Notifications

Announcements

Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Power Automate / Flow was working but i...
Power Automate
Unanswered

Flow was working but it fails because of the date format?

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by 4

I have a Flow tied to a spreadsheet and am trying to convert the date, "Reminder Date" below, to match utcNow(). The expression below has worked. Today, Flow indicates the expression failed and I receive the error message beneath it.

 

FormatDateTime(addDays('1900-01-01',add(int(items('Apply_to_each')?['Reminder Date']),-2)),'MM-dd')

 

Error: Unable to process template language expressions for action 'Condition' at line '1' and column '10245': 'The template language function 'int' was invoked with a parameter that is not valid. The value cannot be converted to the target type.'.

 

Please tell me how to correct this error. Thanks!

 

Solved. The window where the expression is entered is small so I typed it in MS Word. For some reason Word turned the apostrophe at the end of '1900-01-01' into a single quotation mark. 😩This is the only place where it occurred. When I copied and pasted the expression into Flow and ran it, I got the error message. I corrected the error and the Flow worked perfectly.

Categories:
I have the same question (0)
  • kokane Profile Picture
    on at

    Hello

    Function 'int' was invoked with a parameter that is not valid, so you can use other functions to instead of it.

    Please check the function reference.

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/logic-apps/workflow-definition-language-functions-reference#date-and-time-functions

     
  • trekingalong Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Good evening,

     

    I have not been able to find a work around. Could you suggest an expression? 

  • trekingalong Profile Picture
    4 on at

    This Flow sent an email to someone based on a date in a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is located on OneDrive for Business. I upload a copy of it into Teams and created a new Flow. The Flow recognized the expression above and it ran successfully. No emails were sent, however.

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Forum hierarchy changes are complete!

In our never-ending quest to improve we are simplifying the forum hierarchy…

Ajay Kumar Gannamaneni – Community Spotlight

We are honored to recognize Ajay Kumar Gannamaneni as our Community Spotlight for December…

Leaderboard > Power Automate

#1
Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture

Michael E. Gernaey 522 Super User 2025 Season 2

#2
Tomac Profile Picture

Tomac 364 Moderator

#3
abm abm Profile Picture

abm abm 243 Most Valuable Professional

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard