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Local Datetime to UTC, inconsistent behavior from DateTimeZone.From()
I have a datatable from a SQL database with a local datetime column [DeliveryDateTime] that I need to join to other tables with UTC times.
I am using a Custom Column with the formula:
DateTimeZoneLocal = DateTimeZone.From([DeliveryDateTime])
When I add this step, I get a result that treats [DeliveryDateTime] as a UTC time:
which is not what the documentation describes.
If I add another Custom column step, either before or after the DateTimeZone.From step, suddenly the DateTimeZone.From starts assigning the local timezone.
Added column:
Custom= DateTime.AddZone([DeliveryDateTime], -11) (arbitrary datetimezone function, offset doesn't matter, before or after the From function doesn't matter)
Result:
If I remove the Custom column in another step, the DateTimeZoneLocal resets back to UTC (+0).
Can anyone else recreate this behavior? Is there any way to describe this except as a bug?
3 Replies
- selimovdMost Valuable Professional
Hey mr_fnord ,
I think you have to put the "cultural" parameter for the DateTimeZone.From function:
DateTimeZoneLocal = DateTimeZone.From([DeliveryDateTime], "en-US")Otherwise Power Query doesn't know which local date this is.
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