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Extract Month, Day, and Year from Excel table in Power Automate DESKTOP

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Posted on by SM-03042006-0 31

I can read a date from a table in Excel and convert using "Convert text to datetime" to produce a variable, but need to find the day, month and year so I can populate a custom date picker.  I have found solutions for cloud flows, but not for a desktop flow.

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  • MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    After converting text to datetime, you can convert datetime to text and make a different variable for each one:

     

    So, if datetime is 3/1/23, all the convert to text would be the following:

    yy=23

    yyyy=23

    M = 3

    MM = 03

    MMM = Mar

    MMMM = March

    d = 1

    dd = 01

     

    Good luck!

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    Aakashch_1998 Profile Picture
    Aakashch_1998 40 on at

    Hi @RedCoatinOhio1 

    You can fetch Day, Month ,Year from Output Variable Property (Output variable of Convert Text to Datetime Action)
    Screenshot (7).png

     

    Thanks & Regards
    @Aakashch_1998 

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