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Function Ticks with NULL value

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Posted on by DR-01081351-0

Hello

 

I am working on a flow, I need to convert the input date to EPOCH and I am using the following expression:

 

div(sub(ticks(outputs('Get_a_row_by_ID')?['body/sag_contractdate']),ticks('1970-01-01Z00:00:00')),10000)

 

it's working fine when I have a date value, but if my input is EMPTY or NULL I get the following error

 

 

Dom32_1-1675397398811.png

 

Any help would be much appreciated

 

Thanks!

 

Dominic

 

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    v-chengfen-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    HI @Dom32 ,

    Please try to judge whether it is null, if yes, fill in null directly, if not, convert the input date to EPOCH.

    Please try:

    if(equals(outputs('Get_a_row_by_ID')?['body/sag_contractdate'],null),null,div(sub(ticks(outputs('Get_a_row_by_ID')?['body/sag_contractdate']),ticks('1970-01-01Z00:00:00')),10000))

     

    Best Regards

    Cheng Feng

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    Chriddle 8,729 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Check the function coalesece(), which returns the first paramter that is not null

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    DR-01081351-0 on at

    that did the trick, thank you!

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