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Delay Until is not delaying, flow is blowing right past it...

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Posted on by CU20121559-0 4
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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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    Nived_Nambiar 17,891 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Delay Until is not delaying, flow is blowing right past it...
     
    When you say 11:22 - does it mean your local time /UTC time ?
     
     
     
  • CU20121559-0 Profile Picture
    CU20121559-0 4 on at
    Delay Until is not delaying, flow is blowing right past it...
    @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?
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    Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    Nived_Nambiar 17,891 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Delay Until is not delaying, flow is blowing right past it...
     
    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 ?
     

    Thanks & Regards,
    Nived N

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  • CU20121559-0 Profile Picture
    CU20121559-0 4 on at
    Delay Until is not delaying, flow is blowing right past it...
    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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