Send an email v2 Format the date as dd-MM-yyyy

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I have a Flow using Send an email v2 when a new item is created in a SharePoint list

The SharePoint list has a Date field in it and I want that date to be part of the email.

It works but the Date field shows in the email as for example 2021-05-27

But I want it to display in the UK/European format of 27-05-2021

I know I need to use the Expression to do this with FormatDateTime but how do I "wrap" that around the date field?

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Paulie78 8,422 Moderator on at

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Yes, you can just remove the date from your subject, and add it back in using the expression editor, with the expression:

formatDateTime(outputs('Date'), 'dd-MM-yyyy')

But instead of outputs('Date') you will select your date from your dynamic content. Does that make sense?

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AdamInLondon 125 on at

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Hi thanks for this
Thanks it starts to make sense but
it formats it like this:
formatDateTime(ouputs(triggerOutputs()?['body/Date']))

where do I specify I want dd-MM-yyyy ?

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Paulie78 8,422 Moderator on at

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Use this expression:

formatDateTime(ouputs(triggerOutputs()?['body/Date']), 'dd-MM-yyyy')

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AdamInLondon 125 on at

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Hi Im getting this error:
Flow save failed with code 'InvalidTemplate' and message 'The template validation failed: 'Template language expression cannot be evaluated: the default fired trigger is not defined at current scope. '.'.
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This is the expression copied directly from my flow:

formatDateTime(outputs(triggerOutputs()?['body/Date']),'dd-MM-yyyy')

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Paulie78 8,422 Moderator on at

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Sorry, my error:

formatDateTime(triggerOutputs()?['body/Date'], 'dd-MM-yyyy')

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AdamInLondon 125 on at

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Perfect! That works, thank you so much!

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This is how it looks now working:

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