Current time not in UTC

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Posted on 24 Mar 2022 07:54:29 by psg234

Hi,

I have a strange issue with the "Current Time" element while building a flow. As far the description goes, the time output should be in UTC. So I added the time zone converter for my time zone (UTC+1) and have the output redirected to a sharepoint list. Now the converter does work, but the time is way off. With UTC+1 I get 01:30 as output, while the time is 8:30.

I had to adjust the converter now to UTC+8 for the current time being displayed correctly. Why am I not getting the UTC time from the "Current Time" element?

This is the part of my flow right now:

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psg234 10 on 24 Mar 2022 at 08:32:48

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Re: Current time not in UTC

Yes that worked just right, thanks again. The formatting in the list doesnt match the preview in the Flow but I guess thats another topic...
BCBuizer 22,027 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 24 Mar 2022 at 08:28:15

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Re: Current time not in UTC

Hi @psg234 ,

If this answers your question around TZ conversion, please accept it as the Solution.

PS. Don't forget to set the destination TZ back to UTC+1 once your figure out the issue with your inputs 😉
psg234 10 on 24 Mar 2022 at 08:24:06

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Re: Current time not in UTC

@BCBuizer Hi, thanks for the hint with the raw output, I didnt think of checking that. That actually does look completely right to me, seems like the issue is within the list when I guess.

Ill check that again, strange thing is that now the time is displayed right in the list. I guess theres some kind of strange conversion or something going on.
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BCBuizer 22,027 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 24 Mar 2022 at 08:19:24

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Re: Current time not in UTC

For me the exact same flow works without issues:
BCBuizer 22,027 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 24 Mar 2022 at 08:15:21

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Re: Current time not in UTC

Hi @psg234 ,

Just FYI, this is the PowerApps community, not the Power Automate community.

However, can you given an example with both input and output (screenshot) to see what's happening at the timezone conversion step?