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Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hi!

I'm not sure is it a bug or I'm doing something wrong.

I need to get UtcNow in format 'M'. Documentation says it will return me month 1 2 3 4. MM should be 01 02 03 04.

I'm using 

formatDateTime(utcNow(),'M') and output is 12 March.
How to get only 3? Not 03.
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  • ChristianAbata Profile Picture
    ChristianAbata 8,953 Most Valuable Professional on at

    sure @Anonymous  you can use the conector converttimezone.

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    DeepakS 2,301 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    You can also try following expression :

    if(greater(int(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM')),9),formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM'),replace(string(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM')),'0',''))
     
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    abm abm 32,985 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    Please see below

     

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    The expression I used is as follows:

     

    int(formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM'))
     
    formatDateTime(utcNow(),'MM')
     
    Run results:
    image.png
     
    If you convert to int() then it will remove the zeros automatically.
     
    Thanks
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    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    That is brilliant!

    Thanks!

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