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Custom Column with todays date - not working as expected

Hi Experts,
I have created a custom column by adding the below formula to get today's date in the column.

Date.From(DateTime.LocalNow())
 
But for some reason, I cannot get the Local date as per my timezone..
Can anyone help if i have to amend the formula?
 
Thanks
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edhans
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Use Date.From(DateTimeZone.FixedLocalNow()) instead.
You can force the TZ to a specific zone using:
DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(DateTimeZone.LocalNow(), -7) (this is UTC -7 hrs)

See this page for all of the ways you can work with timezones in PQ.

DateTimeZone functions - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs



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edhans
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Use Date.From(DateTimeZone.FixedLocalNow()) instead.
You can force the TZ to a specific zone using:
DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(DateTimeZone.LocalNow(), -7) (this is UTC -7 hrs)

See this page for all of the ways you can work with timezones in PQ.

DateTimeZone functions - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Docs



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Thanks @edhans 
This worked!

Glad I could help @Anonymous !



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