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aaron1225's avatar
aaron1225
Helper I
7 years ago

TimeZone Issue

Need some help determining how to adjust my timezone with power query, I have found instructions on this forum however this is not working. I have changed my date type to Date/Time/TimeZone then gone to Transform and adjusted timezone to local. This is not updating the time, however. 

 

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  • v-juanli-msft's avatar
    v-juanli-msft
    Community Support

    Hi aaron1225 

    The datetime column in your file doesn't fit the local time zone, right?

    If so,

    To see you local timezone, use power query function:

    DateTimeZone.LocalNow() 

    To change timezone, use power query function:

     = DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(dateTimeZone, timezoneHours , timezoneMinutes )

     

    In addtion, please refer to:

    http://radacad.com/solving-dax-time-zone-issue-in-power-bi

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/query-bi/m/datetimezone-functions

     

    Best Regards

    Maggie

     

    Community Support Team _ Maggie Li
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    • aaron1225's avatar
      aaron1225
      Helper I

      v-juanli-msft thank you, I referenced the blog post and found this too https://www.excelguru.ca/blog/2015/05/20/data-from-different-timezones/ however I am now getting an error using the below, I get and Expression.Error: 

       

      let
      Source = Salesforce.Data("https://xxxxxxxxxxxx.my.salesforce.com"),
      Lead1 = Source{[Name="Lead"]}[Data],
      #"Removed Other Columns" = Table.SelectColumns(Lead1,{"Id", "Name", "Email", "CreatedDate"}),
      #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Removed Other Columns",{{"CreatedDate", type datetimezone}}),
      #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Created Date/Time (CST)", each DateTimeZone.ToLocal(DateTime.AddZone([CreatedDate],0)))
      in
      #"Added Custom"

       

       

      • v-juanli-msft's avatar
        v-juanli-msft
        Community Support

        Hi aaron1225 

        It should be possible to fix the timezone issue, but i'm confuzed by your expected result.

        If "created date"=2015/8/27 4:47:10 PM -05:00,

        What's result do you want by your formula 

        "#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Created Date/Time (CST)", each DateTimeZone.ToLocal(DateTime.AddZone([CreatedDate],0)))"  ?

         

        Best Regards

        Maggie