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Good morning! I'm trying to build a flow that will change rooms from "Available" to "Reserved" and back to "Available", based on the reservation time against the room.
 
I convert the timezone from the SharePoint list to my local timezone, and am using that output as the trigger for the Delay Until action, but the flow runs right through the delay like it isn't even there. 
 
 
 
Any thoughts on why this is happening and how to resolve it so the flow will actually delay until the timestamp? Thanks!
 

 
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  • CU20121559-0 Profile Picture
    4 on at
    I've also tried the following formula on the Delay Until value:
     
    formatDateTime(utcNow(), outputs('Print_Start_Time'))
     
    and it still blows right past the delay.
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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,136 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    Delay until will delay the flow until a specific time.
     
    So the expression you have used formatDateTime(utcNow(), outputs('Print_Start_Time')) will make the flow to delay by current time and that is why it passed the action without waiting.
     
    So just want to check - which time from sharepoint list you have to use here - start time or end time from sharepoint list ?
     

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  • CU20121559-0 Profile Picture
    4 on at
    @Nived_Nambiar Understood on the UTC aspect; I've made some changes since then just to see what exactly the timestamps are and this is a screenshot of the flow after running:
     
     
    My current time is 11:22, so it shouldn't even update the first one, but even with the correct timestamps it's not delaying. Thoughts?
  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    18,136 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
     
    When you say 11:22 - does it mean your local time /UTC time ?
     
     
     

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