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bourne2000
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Convert UTC to EST time

Hi 

 

I have a below column in UTC

 

bourne2000_0-1656583065738.png

 

I would like to convert the above UTC into EST timezone

 

I tried the below code

 

DateTimeZone.SwitchZone([[DateofReading]],-5)

Getting below error

 

bourne2000_1-1656583228363.png

 

 

I checked other posts but had no success. Can anyone advise?

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amitchandak
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@bourne2000 , refer this

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Convert-UTC-to-client-time-zones/td-p/56337

 

or addTimezone

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/datetime-addzone

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