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I'm having issues with Date filter query with Get Items. I'm trying to bring back results based on a next review date. I'm trying to test on a particular date I know exists in the review date field in a Library. To do this I'm setting a variable with the following formula

utcNow('2022-05-14') and the set the query to Next_x0020_Review_x0020_Date eq 'variable'

This does not return any results however I can get a result with utcNow('2019-08-08').

Any tips on what I'm doing wrong would be great as its driving me mad.

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utcnow() doesn't take a specific date as the parameter. It takes a date format like this

utcNow('yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss')

If you want a future date then you need to use FormatDateTime and AddDays something like this

formatDateTime(addDays(utcNow(),22),'yyyy-MM-dd')

This would give you a date 22 days in the future from now.

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If I test the get items filter with this query I get the relevant document back
Next_x0020_Review_x0020_Date eq '2019-08-08'

I test with Next_x0020_Review_x0020_Date eq '2022-05-14' I don't get a result back even though that date exists int he Library. So I'm puzzled whilst one query works but the other one dosen't

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Try testing with Next_x0020_Review_x0020_Date eq '2022-05-13' . You could be running into an issue with time conversion. Remember time and date fields are stored with a time component even if they are set for Date only.

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Its seems on this particular site some items wont filter without having the time portion adding to the query which frustrating because how can you set a date wit the exact time portion. Amending the date either side of the date dosen't work either

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To get a specific date that contains a time portion you'll need to test whether its greater than yesterday at midnight and more than today at midnight.

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Hi thats what ive basically done

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Could you show us your code? The sample you pasted in a previous reply is using eq (Equals)

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