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Problem Matching Dates in an OData query

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Posted on by CindyZ

My issue is that even though I'm trying to eliminate the items with the date of 05/01/2021 from my SharePoint list (date and time field not showing time), it is still pulling those dates as show in my compose Select.  Any idea? Thanks so much for your help. 

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  • Matthy79 Profile Picture
    Matthy79 4,180 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Hello @CindyZ 

     

    You have a condition that returns true if the date is not equal 2021-05-01 OR not equal null. And of course this date is not equal null and so it returns true. So the OR is the problem in your filter.

  • Marcel Lathouwers Profile Picture
    Marcel Lathouwers 237 on at

    Correct. Replace the OR with AND, then you are fine

  • CindyZ Profile Picture
    CindyZ on at

    @Mglat  and @Matthy79   Thanks to both of your for your input.  

    That change did not work.  I'm still getting the 2021-05-21. So, I stripped everything else out and then tried "lt" -- that did not return anything.  But, when I try to use EITHER "gt" or "ne", I'm still pulling the 2021-05-21.  Any other thoughts?  

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  • Marcel Lathouwers Profile Picture
    Marcel Lathouwers 237 on at

    Might it be that you are not comparing dates, but strings?

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    CindyZ on at

    @Mglat Could be.  Below is what my SharePoint column looks like and I'm not converting it anywhere.  Can you provide me more guidance?   Thanks! 

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  • Marcel Lathouwers Profile Picture
    Marcel Lathouwers 237 on at

    To filter an OData query by datetime, you need to wrap the datetime value in a datetime tag with quotes12. For example, if your datetime format looks like "2018-12-31T00:00:00", you can query it by wrapping it in a datetime tag with quotes. The format for date filtering has changed in OData V4, and the correct filter will be $filter=SDateTime gt 2014-06-23T03:30:00.000Z and SDateTime lt 2014-06-26T03:30:00.000Z3. Alternatively, you can extract the time from a Date and Time column named "StartDate" by adding a calculated column with the following formula: TEXT (StartDate-DATE (YEAR (StartDate),MONTH (StartDate),DAY (StartDate)),"h:mm")4.

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