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Posted on by DP-23122227-0

I'm at a loss...

The data in the column is formatted as 'DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM'. This means that the form in PowerApps uses (it's poor excuse of) a 'Date/Time Picker'.

I'm using PowerApps to add data in to the column, needing to be the 'current time' at the time the form is submitted'.

I've got as far as using the formula 'Now()' as the default value, but nothing I do seems to format it as above - Instead it comes out as '2024-12-23T22:26:00.000Z'.

How do I change this to be the same as the format above? It's ruining all of the calculations I have going on in the spreadsheet.

Hopefully I've explained that well enough... I'm fairly new to PowerApps and haven't done any proper programming since Visual Basic 6!

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Fardy_MADI_2 332 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hi @DP-23122227-0,

You can use the Text function to format your date :

Text(Now(), "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm")

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WarrenBelz 152,845 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @DP-23122227-0

Firstly @Fardy1 is correct if you have your Excel column formatted as Text - the problem there is that all your Excel "calculations" will not work in the concept of date references.

If you have the column formatted as a Date, then Now() should work in your Patch. The fundamental issue though is that Excel is really a "data source of last resort" and you may likely encounter a lot more challenges than this compared with using (for example) SharePoint Lists for your data.

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