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LOWED3498
Helper I
Helper I

Date time format issue when downloading sharepoint list to csv with power automate

I have a SharePoint list where HR inputs information concerning new hires.  One of the fields is the username and then the other is the hiredate.  HR enters the name and date, but when I use power automate to extract the data to a CSV,  the format of the date changes to something like 2022-07-31T00:33:00Z  (this was 8:33pm ET in the SharePoint list).

 

I thought maybe I could convert the time, but that didn't work.  How can I retain the original format for the date and time?

 

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Ok. This is the answer to your issue. You need to initialize an array variable to store each list item. Then we will use the "convert time zone" action. The issue is, the date value in the SharePoint list is in UTC. So you need to convert it from UTC to whatever time zone you want. My is in EST.  The CSV at the end is outside of the For Each. 

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SSat04
Employee
Employee

You can try using formatDateTime(<DateTimeFieldInSharepoint>,'dd/MM/yyyy'). 

Pstork1
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That formatting is ISO 8601 for the UTC timezone.  The date is actually stored as UTC in the SharePoint list.  SharePoint converts it to the local timezone when you access the list, but Power Automate doesn't do the conversion.  So to get it to look exactly the same you need to subtract the number of hours that you are off from UTC and then wrap that in a formatdatetime() to generate the format you want in the CSV

formatdatetime(addHours(<<SharePointDateTime>>),-4),'MM/dd/yy hh:mm:ss')


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LOWED3498
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Thank you @Pstork1   So I would scrape the "convert time zone" and do an "apply to each" action with the expression you provided?

 

 

Pstork1
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Not necessarily.  The convert time action you are using would be fine.  But you are doing it on the created time, not the hire date.  My code does essentially the same thing as a formula.  You can do it using the convert time action too.  But you need to supply the right field as the base date.



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PoohBear
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Create a new Calculated field in the SP List and convert the date to text.. 

Pstork1
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That will probably work, but its not needed.



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LOWED3498
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I decided to focus on this same process but for tracking when to "disable" a user account that HR submits via SharePoint.    I have been trying to get this to work, and I am missing something.    After "Get Items", I did an "Apply to Each" to convert the time from UTC to Eastern and the output looked good, except I needed to convert the time to Eastern.   So  I  add another operation "Subtract from time" to subtract 4 hours.  That worked but the output reverts back to UTC.  So I pulled that operation out, just to see if the "Convert to time" output, which was ET, would show up correct in the CSV file.  And it didn't.    I am new to power automate so I am trying to figure this out and read a bunch of threads and watch videos.   I think this is tricky because I am using a future time (the future date HR wants the account disabled) and then subtracting from that to get the Eastern time conversion.   I suspect I am also missing something to pass the converted date to the CSV as well?

 

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PoohBear
Resolver I
Resolver I

I have a very similar process for contracts so I am going to describe how I tackle the issue. In my opinion, SharePoint calculated columns can solve your issue and make your flow much easier. In my process, someone uploads a pdf file and enters a Start Date and End Date which are date fields. I create 3 calculated columns for email notification dates (90,60,30 days) from the end date. The formula in the 90DayDate column is in the screenshot below. I also have a column "Processed" and set the default value to "Pending". My flow has a recurring trigger to run daily at a specified time. The next action is to get the Current Time. The "Today" compose action converts that to a string so I can use that in a condition. The "GetPOs" is a Get Items action and I am filtering to find only the "Pending" items. You could filter by a date as well. Next, I have a condition where I want to find the contracts that are expiring in 90 days. The first condition is a "length" condition to make sure the "Get Items" has a value. The second condition is compares the "90DayDate" in the SharePoint list to the "Today" compose action. My SharePoint list settings are set to Eastern Standard Time. Since the "90,60,30" columns are text, it will extract into the CSV as is and will not convert back to UTC. The next action in the condition would be to update the "Processed" field in SharePoint of any item that matches the condition to "Processed". After that you can send an email or whatever else you want to do. Dates can be tricky, but I found using this method works great in a lot of scenarios. 

 

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LOWED3498
Helper I
Helper I

Thank you @PoohBear   What you posted is actually another item I have on my list of things to automate.  Too many contracts, different dates, renewals....keeping track of all of those.  Perfect!

I am still struggling with getting the time to change to ET.  The issue (maybe?) is that this is not the create or modify date for the record in the SharePoint list.  It's a field that the HR person is entering to schedule disabling an AD account.  I've tried converting, adding hours, subtracting hours....it always ends up UTC  08/09/2022 10:28  (the time should have been 6:28PM ET

 

 

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Ok. This is the answer to your issue. You need to initialize an array variable to store each list item. Then we will use the "convert time zone" action. The issue is, the date value in the SharePoint list is in UTC. So you need to convert it from UTC to whatever time zone you want. My is in EST.  The CSV at the end is outside of the For Each. 

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Here is an alternative method using a SP Calculated Field with the same result and less steps in Power Automate. 

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This is a calculated field set as text. 

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LOWED3498
Helper I
Helper I

Thank you for this information.  I am going work on this today and get one of these to work!

LOWED3498
Helper I
Helper I

@PoohBear  Thank you.  It works perfectly now.

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