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Date Field Time Zone Fix

I have a date/time field that is pulling from an API that is not in my time zone. Is there a way I can convert the timezone to show CST?

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v-yuta-msft
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Community Support

Hi ThePowerBIQueen ,

 

To see you local timezone, use power query function:

DateTimeZone.LocalNow() 

Or DAX function:

LocalTime = now()

 

To change timezone, use power query function:

 = DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(dateTimeZone, timezoneHours , timezoneMinutes )

 

In addtion, please refer to:

http://radacad.com/solving-dax-time-zone-issue-in-power-bi

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/query-bi/m/datetimezone-functions

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

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Anonymous
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Hello, 

 

Sorry for open an old post but I have the following problem: I'm importing tables through SQL SERVER and the date/time fields are in a different time zone. I have the code to convert via SQL (to_char(cast ...) but sometimes I import the whole table instead of writing a query. 

 

How to convert date/time fields to my time zone without add a new column?

 

Thank you!

v-yuta-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi ThePowerBIQueen ,

 

To see you local timezone, use power query function:

DateTimeZone.LocalNow() 

Or DAX function:

LocalTime = now()

 

To change timezone, use power query function:

 = DateTimeZone.SwitchZone(dateTimeZone, timezoneHours , timezoneMinutes )

 

In addtion, please refer to:

http://radacad.com/solving-dax-time-zone-issue-in-power-bi

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/query-bi/m/datetimezone-functions

 

Regards,

Jimmy Tao

edhans
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Super User

Check out the DateTimeZone.SwitchZone function in Power Query. You can use that to add/subtract hours from your source time zone to your current time zone.



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