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Date was not valid. The datetime string must match ISO 8601

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Posted on by Giorgio67 145

Hi everybody

in a Excel file I have a data so format 4/13/24 16:30 PM (m/dd/yy and Time)

I need to convert it i 'yyyy-mm-dd' only date without time

I have put this to filter the file

"$filter": "@{formatDateTime('Start_x0020_Date','yyyy-MM-dd')} GE @{triggerBody()['date']}"

 but I get this error: 

'In function 'formatDateTime', the value provided for date time string 'Start_x0020_Date' was not valid. The datetime string must match ISO 8601

Many thanks

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  • ScottShearer Profile Picture
    ScottShearer 25,290 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @Giorgio67 

    In you Excel action, set the Date Time format to ISO8601

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    Giorgio67 145 on at

    No, so easy😂

    to fix I have create a filter (@and(greaterOrEquals(formatDateTime(item()?['Start Date'], 'yyyy-mm-dd'), formatDateTime(triggerBody()['date'], 'yyyy-mm-dd')), lessOrEquals(formatDateTime(item()?['Start Date'], 'yyyy-mm-dd'), formatDateTime(triggerBody()['date_1'], 'yyyy-mm-dd')))

    and un SELECT to get only value that I want

    Many thanks ScottShearer for suggest

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