Dynamic Values Overview

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A dynamic value is a value that takes into account your personal settings, resulting in potentially different values for each user. The M Language offers a limited selection of dynamic values to cater to varying user environments.

Available Dynamic Values

Power Query offers the following dynamic values:

ArgumentDescriptionInputOutput
Culture.CurrentA dynamic value in the Power Query M language that returns the name of the current culture for the application.Text
TimeZone.CurrentA dynamic value in the Power Query M language that returns the name of the current time zone for the application.Timezone
DateTime.FixedLocalNowReturns the current date and time in the local timezoneDateTime
DateTime.LocalNowReturns the current date and time in the local timezone.DateTime
DateTimeZone.FixedLocalNowReturns the current date & time in the local timezoneDateTimeZone
DateTimeZone.FixedUtcNowReturns the current date and time in UTC (the GMT timezone)DateTimeZone
DateTimeZone.LocalNowReturns the current date & time in the local timezone.DateTimeZone
DateTimeZone.UtcNowReturns the current date and time in UTC (the GMT timezone).DateTimeZone
Module.VersionsReturns a record of module versions for the current module and its dependencies.Record
TimeZone.CurrentReturns the name of the current time zone for the application.Text

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Microsoft documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powerquery-m/dynamic-values

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