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dpc_development
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Using parameters to allow user to set timezone

I am creating a report template, where I'd like to allow the user to enter their timezone using parameters, so I can use it to do some timezone conversions in the report.

 

I see there is a DateTimeZone parameter data type, but I just can't figure out what to type in there. I tried typing UTC, GMT, UTC-0, etc. and some other values I copy-pasted from wiki for a list of timezones.

 

Basically, I have a single table in my data model, but the date column is recorded at a different timezone for each organisation, and I'd like to create a calculated column later that uses the data's timezone value to convert to a common timezone.

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jprdynamicapps
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DateTimeZone is a datatype that represents date, time and timezone. A sample text representation is "2020-12-09T16:09:53+00:00", which is GMT (zero offset).

dpc_development
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Helper III

@amitchandakI had already seen that article earlier. I need what the person in the first comment is asking - named timezone. Also I need to be able to switch to different timezones, as an analyst in country needs to be able to analyse the data as if they were in a different country. Hence, I thought allowing them to choose from a list of timezones would be very efficient.

 

I can't used fixed numbers as that'd ignore DST. If I can figure out how to enter a list of datetimezone values in the parameter as a list, I should be able to figure out the rest.

amitchandak
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@dpc_development , refer if this can help

https://www.poweredsolutions.co/2019/10/21/handling-different-time-zones-in-power-bi-power-query/

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