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Hi everyone
I have a very strange problem relating to dates within Power BI. Hopefully I can explain this well....
I'm using the following DAX code to output some financial values into a Power BI matrix. I've highlighted the second row as I believe this is the key to the issue:
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Power BI Service runs on UTC. You probably have transactions from different timezones.
HI @jonclay,
What type of DateTime values are you used? Common DateTime values or DateTime with local timezones?
AFAIK, power bi service will convert your DateTime value with UTC format. If you are working with the second scenario, they may not get the same result when these expressions are calculated on different sides.
In addition, please also check the daylight saving scenario and it can also affect DateTime values:
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
HI @jonclay,
What type of DateTime values are you used? Common DateTime values or DateTime with local timezones?
AFAIK, power bi service will convert your DateTime value with UTC format. If you are working with the second scenario, they may not get the same result when these expressions are calculated on different sides.
In addition, please also check the daylight saving scenario and it can also affect DateTime values:
Regards,
Xiaoxin Sheng
Power BI Service runs on UTC. You probably have transactions from different timezones.
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