Date time comparison is not working

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Posted on by AnantaYogi

Hi All,

I have requirements to check if particular date time has been expired or in past. So I'm using control components in power automate but it seems it's not working for time. I realised it's working fine for dates but I also need to compare time.

Output for below formula is

06/07/2022 06:16 PM

06/07/2022 12:15 AM

So obviously first date is greater than second one but anyhow power automate is not considering AM PM. And it evaluate outcome as false.

If I give both time in PM or AM it works fine.

Any idea how we can achieve it?

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AnantaYogi 45 on at

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RE: Date time comparison is not working

Thank you Qingqing Xin, it worked like a charm :)
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RE: Date time comparison is not working

Hi AnantaYogi,

You can change the time on a 12-hour clock to a time on a 24-hour clock and then compare it.

The entire process is set up as follows:

1.Enter the time you want to compare.

2.Initialize variable

Change the time on a 12-hour clock to a time on a 24-hour clock.

formatDateTime(triggerBody()['text'],'yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss')

formatDateTime(triggerBody()['text_1'],'yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss')

3.Add ‘condition’ step. Compare the variables that you just changed.

4.Save and test.

5.The test result is as follows:

It evaluate outcome as true.

Regards,

Qingqing Xin

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