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Posted on by officeadmingsf 37

If I want to check if the "Due Date" object on the left has already occurred (to see if an object is overdue), would I use < or >? I am not sure whether a date being in the past would make it greater or less than today's date - I am assuming that I should use <.

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    ScottShearer 25,290 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @officeadmingsf 

    First, SharePoint stores everything as UTC time and in the format yyyy-MM-dd

    The two dates must be in the same format for you to cmpare.

    I mention this because it looks like you have used a convert time zone action.

    A better way to approach this might be as follows:

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