PL-900 Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps Practice Question
You are designing a Power Apps solution for a global sales team. The app must display data in the user's local time zone. The data is stored in Dataverse in UTC. What is the best practice for time zone handling?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Store times in UTC and let Power Apps handle conversion automatically
The best practice is to store times in UTC and let Power Apps handle the conversion to the user's local time zone automatically based on their browser or device settings. This ensures consistency across global users and avoids errors from manual conversion or storing local times. Option A is error-prone due to complex formulas, option C causes confusion because the same record would show different times for different users, and option D adds unnecessary complexity.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Convert UTC to each time zone using Power Fx formulas
Why it's wrong here
Manual conversion is unnecessary and complex.
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Store times in UTC and let Power Apps handle conversion automatically
Why this is correct
Power Apps uses the user's device time zone.
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Store local time in the database based on user's location
Why it's wrong here
Storing local time complicates reporting.
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Use a Power Automate flow to convert time zones
Why it's wrong here
Unnecessary overhead.
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