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Phineas
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Can anyone assist me with resolving this issue?

The Excel columns are the following. There are four date columns. The error is on 'TicketDate' (not shown), it is a basic DateTime column with (ea 10/14/2022) as content.

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Hi @Phineas 

 

The ticketDate is not appearing as date when flow is working , it is showing as number of days from 1900 Jan 1st [included]

 

So while adding the ticket date, make sure to convert the number of days to date like below

addDays('1899-12-31',items('Apply_to_each_2)?['TicketDate'])

 

Note: I hope thisitems('Apply_to_each_2)?['TicketDate'] the dynamic content corresponding to TicketDate, if not please add approapriate one 🙂

 

Hope it helps

Mark it as solution if it resolves your query

 

Try this:

addDays('1899-12-30', int(item()['TicketDate']), 'MM/dd/yyyy')

 

Or refer this for alternative and detailed information:

https://manueltgomes.com/microsoft/powerautomate/convert-excel-number-to-date/

 

Regards

Kaif

Getting close.

The SP columns are now appearing as dates; However, they are the wrong dates. Something is getting "lost in translation". Though they are dates, they are not the same dates.

Also, the 'WaitTime' should show in hh:mm:ss, which is formulated in Excel column as 'OutTime' - 'InTime'. 

For instance, in the Excel the 'WaitTime' for the entry created in the SP List is '00:18.34', but SP is seeing as something else and showing '3/26/2023 5:00 AM'

New SP Item

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Excel List -

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Please see following up regarding wrong dates displaying.

Also, there are times when there is NO content in the 'OutTime' date column, which I think may be causing some of the errors.

How do I account for this in the formula?

I've gotten the output to the following in Power Automate.

The three still do not match. The output to and display in the SP List should be:
 
Date: Date (ea 10/1/2022)
In: Time (only) 7:16 (w or w/o AM)
Out: Time (only) 7:35 (w or w/o AM)
WaitTime: Time (only, in hh:mm:ss) 00:18:13

Source data in Excel:

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Power Automate Output (using your expression recommendations) -
TicketDate: 

addDays('1899-12-31',int(first(split(variables('varTicketDate'),'.'))),'yyyy-MM-dd')

InTime:
addDays('1899-12-31',int(first(split(variables('varInTimeDate'),'.'))),'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss')

OutTime:
addDays('1899-12-31',int(first(split(variables('varOutTimeDate'),'.'))),'yyyy-MM-dd')

WaitTime:
addseconds('1899-12-31', int(formatNumber(mul(float(item()?['WaitTime']),86400),'0','en-us')),'HH:mm:ss')

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SP List - 'InTime' and 'OutTime' should only show the time shown in the DateTime columns of the Excel, and 'WaitTime' should show hh:mm:ss from Excel.

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In your List rows present in a table (if you haven't already), can you set the DateTime Format to ISO 8601 then run your flow and have a look at the output from List rows present in a table to see if they're now returning as valid dates (not the serial date that you are currently getting).

 

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From an array installed below the List rows present in table. This is the first item in the SP List.

There appear to be a time zone conversion issue alone with the translation issue.
In Excel the content is:
Date: 10/1/2022
In Date: 10/1/2022 7:16:54 AM
Out Date: 10/1/2022 7:35:07 AM
Wait Time: 00:18:13
Total Cost is currency in Excel but translated as date in PA and SharePoint.

"Ticket _x0023_""S1198604",
    "Date""2022-10-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "In""2022-10-01T07:16:54.000Z",
     "Out""2022-10-01T07:35:07.000Z",
     "WaitTime""1899-12-30T00:18:13.000Z",
    "Total Cost""1900-04-24T08:09:36.000Z",
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Hi @Phineas 

 

Try to format the date like this

 

formatDateTime('2022-10-01T07:16:54.000Z,'yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss')

This would give results : 2022-10-01 07:16:54

 

Hope it helps 🙂

 

Would that be a 'hard-coded' solution?

Meaning it would only work if the date and time in the column is actually 2022-10-01T07:16:54.000Z?

What if the date and time are different, dynamic results is what is needed/required.

@Phineas 

 

Replace that hard-coded value with dynamic content 😊

That had been the issue all along; None of the dynamic content coding options have delivered the desired output to the SP List.

 

The closest I have gotten is the output to an array in Power Automate.

 

Once the data is in SP its formatted differently than what is shown in Excel or the array.

So @Phineas 

 

Did u meant you are not getting dynamic content to replace hardcoded value ? 

 

 

The overarching issue is my inability to convert the DateTime content from Excel, through Power Automate and into the SP List properly.

The Excel columns -
Date (looks like 10/1/2023)
Time (looks 10/1/2023 7:16 AM)
Out Time looks 10/1/2023 7:35 AM)
Wait Time (looks like 00:18:13 and it the difference between the 'OutTIme' and 'InTime' using =IF(TRIM(F2)="","",F2-D2)

When I use any of the following formulas I get an 'int' invoke error message in Power Automate, or I get a conversion that does match the actual times or dates (all of which are shown in my earlier posts above).

TicketDate: 

addDays('1899-12-31',int(first(split(variables('varTicketDate'),'.'))),'yyyy-MM-dd')

InTime:
addDays('1899-12-31',int(first(split(variables('varInTimeDate'),'.'))),'yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss')

OutTime:
addDays('1899-12-31',int(first(split(variables('varOutTimeDate'),'.'))),'yyyy-MM-dd')

WaitTime:
addseconds('1899-12-31', int(formatNumber(mul(float(item()?['WaitTime']),86400),'0','en-us')),'HH:mm:ss')

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