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Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hi all,

 

I've had an issue for a while now where dates are not being formatted correctly seeding data from Excel to Sharepoint using Flow.

In Excel, the dates are formatted as Dates however when I run the flow to seed the data, I get the following error message: 

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Can anyone help me fix this please? It's so frustrating as I've tried to change the date format in excel so many times.

 

Thanks

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  • MJain Profile Picture
    MJain 2,450 on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    Please use the following formula to convert that integer value to date :

     

    if(empty(<DATE TO CONVERT>),null,addDays('1899-12-30',int(<DATE TO CONVERT>),'yyyy-MM-dd'))

     

    Thanks

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    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    Thanks. When I tried this, it says the expression is invalid?

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    MJain 2,450 on at

    Please share your flow screenshot where you applied this.

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    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Manish,

     

    It's probably easier if I show you the expression I am trying to apply. For reference, 'Target Date for Upgrade or Launch' is the column name where the dates are being sourced from in Excel.

     

    if(empty(@{items('Apply_to_each')?['Target Date for Upgrade or Launch']}),null,addDays('1899-12-30',int(@{items('Apply_to_each')?['Target Date for Upgrade or Launch']}),'yyyy-MM-dd'))

     

    I think the problem is that Flow will not allow me to use Dynamic content within this syntax. 

     

    What do you suggest?

     

    Many thanks

  • MJain Profile Picture
    MJain 2,450 on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    when you use Target Date for upgrade or Launch use "_" for spaces instead.

     

    Thanks

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