Implement This 34: Dates in the Common Data Service for Apps
CRM Audio · Matthew C. Anderson
February 5, 201925m 11s
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Show Notes
On today's episode (sponsored by D365UG/CRMUG), Britta Rekstad and Matthew C. Anderson discuss date fields in the Common Data Service for Apps and the considerations for PowerApps and Dynamics 365 configuration.
Discussed on the show
- The default behavior for new fields
- Date field options
- Time Zone offset, UTC date and time
- Time in date-only fields
- Matthew's first mistake with date fields
- Time zone and Canvas vs. Model PowerApps
- Calculated fields and "date math"
- Looking at the wider Power platform (Flow, Power BI)
- Grey areas for date field type in your data model (one of us says "willy nilly")
- Fun facts
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