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Convert utc to local time zone using Power Query
lmandrade 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)
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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt253514.aspxOpss not get it! I have a column called [ActualCloseDate] I need to adjust down in 3 hours all your data bringing the time of Brazil in a new column. I began to mount the formula but there are so many examples and figures that just getting confused! Could help me with the logic?!?
Not sure if new commands have been added to Power BI since this discussion but here's what I would do if you had a 'Created' column in UTC DateTime format and wanted this to show in any user's local time zone.
1. 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])
This should get you from a UTC DateTime format column to a user specific localised DateTime format column. You can probably do all this in one new column, but I like to break things apart and do it bit by bit to clearly show what's going on at each step.
Hope it helps.
Thanks, I'll try it this way.