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Create an all day event in google when an all day event is created in outlook

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I would like to create an all day event in Google calendar when an all day event is created in Outlook. Currently if an all day event is created in Outlook, it becomes a 2 day event with start and end times in Google calendar. This is using the Sync events from Office 365 Outlook Calendar to Google Calendar template.

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v-yamao-msft on at

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Hi @fclifton,

When testing with the All day event, I got the same issue with you.

Then I tried to convert the timezone from UTC to Pacific Standard time using the ConvertTimeZone function.

First, using the Compose action to convert time with the following code:

converttimezone(triggerBody()?['End'],'UTC','Pacific standard time')

Second, in the Google calendar action Create an event, enter the following code for the End time field:

formatDateTime(actionOutputs('Compose'),'yyyy-MM-ddT00:00:00.0000000+00:00')

When an All day event is created in Outlook calendar, it will be created on the Google calendar without issue.

Please have a try with it on your side.

Best regards,

Mabel Mao

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fclifton 10 on at

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Thanks for the reply. I finally got around to trying it. Unfortunately my flow looks to be a little different and I could not make your solution work for it. The flow I have is "Sync events from Office 365 Calendar to Google Calendar" so it runs whenever any event changes take place in Outlook. Creating an all-day event is just one thing. So I do not have the place to add a start and end time to the event. I tried to add a screenshot of my flow but could not figure out how to do so.

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amsw 26 on at

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wondering if you ever figured this out? having the same issue.

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fclifton 10 on at

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No, I have not figured it out. I have just put up with it. I keep hoping someone more familiar with Flow templates will make one that does not have the issue.

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yseleah 20 on at

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I ran into this issue myself and was able to come up with a solution that seems to work perfectly.

Immediately after the "Check if it is a google calendar" action (If yes), I added a new condition for "Check if all day event". For the first value, I used the Dynamic content "Is all day event?" from the Dynamic content, then "is equal to" the value "TRUE".

From that, I cloned the original "Html to text" and "Create an event" actions under both the Yes and No conditions. For the "Create an event" action on the "Yes" side (i.e. for O365 all-day events), I updated the substring to make sure it was using the appropriate Html to text output (since they have unique names), then set the last option for "Is all-day" to "Yes".

I then did the same thing on the "No" side of the "Is all day event?" condition, with the only difference being that the last setting is then set to "No".

I found that once the "Is all-day" setting was set correctly for Google Calendar, the event started showing up on the correct day (as it completely ignores start and end time).

I hope this helps!

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amsw 26 on at

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hmmm what flow exactly are you using? It seems there are a couple similar ones - asking because I don't see the action for check if google calendar. Mine is "Sync events from Office 365 Calendar to Google Calendar."

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amsw 26 on at

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so I switched to the flow you all are using and trying to follow your steps... please hold!

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fclifton 10 on at

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The flow I have is "Sync events from Office 365 Calendar to Google Calendar" so it runs whenever any event changes take place in Outlook.

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amsw 26 on at

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thanks for your instructions! You are more advanced than I. I can't figure out how to clone the action other than manually, and also not sure about your next instructions. If you happen to have a moment, further detalis would be really helpful! Thanks again.

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fclifton 10 on at

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@yseleahwhich flow are you using?

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