Few points on UTCNow and FormatDateTime – Power Automate / Dataverse


The article discusses the use of the UTCNow() and FormatDateTime functions in Power Automate and Dataverse. The author shares their experience with a flow that picks tasks due in the last 24 hours based on the scheduled end date. They encountered an issue where some tasks were not picked because of a mismatch in the seconds part of the date. To resolve this, they applied the formatDateTime function to exclude the time part. The author also provides an example of setting values for datetime fields in a contact record and compares the values in the CRM form and database. Overall, the article provides insights into working with UTCNow() and FormatDateTime in Power Automate and Dataverse.


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