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gjadal's avatar
gjadal
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10 years ago

Convert UTC to local time zone in DAX

I have a column that contains datetime in UTC. On my report, I am getting the max of it. I want to convert this UTC date to local time zone in DAX. Any pointers.?
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v-qiuyu-msft
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10 years ago

Hi gjadal,

 

In DAX, there is no OOTB function for us to get local time zone. So we need to calculate the UTC datetime value use known time zone. Suppose the local time zone is UTC-8, to convert the UTC value to local datetime value, we can specify the DAX expression like below:

 

Column 4 = FORMAT(Table1[UTC],"MM/dd/YYYY") & "  " & REPLACE(FORMAT(Table1[UTC],"HH:mm:ss"),1,2,HOUR(Table1[UTC])-8)

 

Then change this calculated column data type as Date/Time.

 

 

If you have any question, please feel free to ask.

 

Best Regards,
Qiuyun Yu

RichardL's avatar
RichardL
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9 years ago

v-qiuyu-msft - I tried your DAX equation:

 

Column 4 = FORMAT(Table1[UTC],"MM/dd/YYYY") & "  " & REPLACE(FORMAT(Table1[UTC],"HH:mm:ss"),1,2,HOUR(Table1[UTC])-8)

 

but I got this error:  "Cannot covert value '12/07/2016 -8:49:41' of type Text to type Date."

 

It appears your equation fails to handle edge cases.

  • JEROPS's avatar
    JEROPS
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    9 years ago

    What is the data type of your column.  From the error it reads like you trying to convert a text column, convert to a date/time column first then try the DAX formula.

    • RichardL's avatar
      RichardL
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      9 years ago

      JEROPS - Coverting to date/time column first works, but the equation fails to correct the date after subtracting 8 hours.  I came up with this simpler equation, which works by subtracting 8 hours from the date/time column and automatically adjusts the date if necessary: 

       

      DateTimeLocal = FORMAT(Table[DateTimeUTC] - TIME(8,0,0), "General Date")

       

      For example, 12/16/2016 1:09:23 AM -> 12/15/2016 5:09:23 PM

      • NikNithiy's avatar
        NikNithiy
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        3 years ago

        HI Any idea how we change this dynamically, means i should add a slicer and select different time zone and the dax should work according