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Harish85
Helper III
1 year ago
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timezone issue

Hi, I am facing time zone issue, there is column Changed at CRM ,I should convert it to CST time OR UTC , what is the process.

 

 

Regards,

Harish.

 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    1 year ago

    Hi Harish85 ,

     

    Thanks Uzi2019  for the quick reply and solution. I have some other ideas to add:

    Add a Custom Column, if your original datetime is in local time, you need to convert it to UTC first. Use the following formula in the custom column:

     

    DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(DateTimeZone.From([CHANGED_AT_CRM]), 0)

     

    This converts the datetime to UTC by setting the timezone offset to 0.

     

    To convert the UTC datetime to CST, add another custom column with the following formula:

     

    DateTimeZone.SwitchZone([UTC], -6)

     

    This adjusts the timezone to CST, which is UTC-6 hours.

    If you want to remove the timezone information and keep only the datetime, you can use:

     

    DateTimeZone.RemoveZone([Custom])

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Neeko Tang

    If this post  helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly. 

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  • Uzi2019's avatar
    Uzi2019
    Community Champion

    Hi Harish85 

     

    You can use DateTime.AddZone function to achieve your requirement. This function adds the timezonehours as an offset to the input datetime value and returns a new datetimezone value.

    DateTime.AddZone([CreatedOn],3)

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt253514.aspx

     

    Create a new column and add 'Zone' to your Date Time column e.g. DateTimeZone = DateTime.AddZone([Created],0)

     

    2. Create a new column and add 'Local' to your new 'DateTimeZone' column e.g LocalDateTime = DateTimeZone.ToLocal([DateTimeZone])

     

    3. Create a new column to remove the 'Zone' from your new 'LocalDateTime' column e.g. CleanLocalDateTime = DateTimeZone.RemoveZone([LocalDateTime])

     

    Or 

     

    time with zone = UTCNOW() - time(6,0,0)

     

     

    Check these blogs

     

    https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Convert-utc-to-local-time-zone-using-Power-Query/m-p/555571#M261699

    Convert Time Zones in Power BI using DAX – NateChamberlain.com

    Solving DAX Time Zone Issue in Power BI - RADACAD

    Handling Different Time Zones in Power BI / Power Query — The Power User

     

    I hope I answered your question!

     

    • Harish85's avatar
      Harish85
      Helper III

      I am trying to convert to UTC time zone but unable to do it, getting below error, Please help me.

       

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable

    Hi Harish85 ,

     

    Thanks Uzi2019  for the quick reply and solution. I have some other ideas to add:

    Add a Custom Column, if your original datetime is in local time, you need to convert it to UTC first. Use the following formula in the custom column:

     

    DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(DateTimeZone.From([CHANGED_AT_CRM]), 0)

     

    This converts the datetime to UTC by setting the timezone offset to 0.

     

    To convert the UTC datetime to CST, add another custom column with the following formula:

     

    DateTimeZone.SwitchZone([UTC], -6)

     

    This adjusts the timezone to CST, which is UTC-6 hours.

    If you want to remove the timezone information and keep only the datetime, you can use:

     

    DateTimeZone.RemoveZone([Custom])

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Neeko Tang

    If this post  helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution  to help the other members find it more quickly.