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Question

Date format for Excel to upload to google calendar

  • 3 April 2023
  • 1 reply
  • 367 views
ewong

Hi I saw this YouTube video on how to set up excel to google calendar.  It’s one of the reason why I choose Zap.  The only issue I am having with this is the start time and end time looks like it has to be in a specific format.  Does anyone know what format I need to use on excel to upload to google calendar?

 

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Troy Tessalone
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Hi @ewong 

Good question.

Is the event created on the wrong date, specifically with the month and day switched?

Regardless of the settings in your Google Calendar, data sent through their API (as Zapier does) must be in MM/DD/YYYY format. So, if you try to send an event for April 7, 2021 as 07/04/2021, Google Calendar will interpret that as July 4, 2021. The dates need to be in MM/DD/YYYY format to ensure Google Calendar adds the event to the correct date(s). If your trigger is sending the data in DD/MM format, you can use a Formatter step to reformat the date.

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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