Make IFTTT Date Format play nice with Google Spreadsheets

IFTTTDate.md

##Date and Time

=TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " ")) + DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " "))

##Date

=DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " "))

##Time

=TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " "))

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To Use

Simple just place either or both separated by ||| in the
Formatted Row Input on IFTTT

By the way, this solution worked great for me: feel dumb for not having figured it out on my own. As noted, you just need to make sure adjust the OccuredAt ingredient to be specific to your applet. Mine was AddedAt.

For an unknown reason it doesn't work with other languages even when you are using the correct functions and parameters.
In general, every function wrote in any language not English doesn't work well with IFTTT. It throws an error in the cell of the spreadsheet.
You need yo go to the Spreadsheet settings and select "Always use the names of the functions in English."

Hi - has anyone managed to get this to work, so I want to use Google Home to log to Google Sheet with timestamp. {{CreatedAt}} is still showing as blank. The formula here doesnt work for me. Any ideas? Thanks MD

I have the same problem to do timestamp on google sheets. I used {{CreatedAt}} but it turn in to empty cell on google sheets. I also tried to use {{OccuredAt}} but ifttt refused it. Any other option to make timestamp that won't be recalculated on Google sheets?

This worked for me:
=DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " ")) + TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE("{{OccurredAt}}"," at ", " "))

but I had to format the column as such:

from today dont work !

This seems to be a solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufujOWXsq40&feature=youtu.be
Per https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/googlehome/QuCPPxB9YLs;context-place=topicsearchin/googlehome/category$3Awindows

This works for me on a regular field {{CreatedAt}} with the trigger script

function addDate(e) {
  var lr = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getLastRow();
  var timestampRange = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet().getRange(lr, 1)
  if (timestampRange.getValue() == "") {
    timestampRange.setValue(new Date());
  }
}

and then add tiggers as shown in the video (addDate for event from Spreadsheets on change)

I set this up to "record my blood pressue" for my mom

Thanks for this last tip! It works like a charm.

👍 🙏

Thanks, Oscar. This is exactly what I was looking for!

I've just recently begun playing with Siri Shortcuts and now IFTTT.

Another solution working form me right now:
=DATEVALUE(REGEXREPLACE("{{OccurredAt}}";" at .*$"; " "))

• REGEXPREPLACE instead of the more simple SUBSTITUTE
• use of ";" instead of ","

Thank You sir,
Helped me make my time tracking sheet much more elegant.

Another solution working form me right now:
=DATEVALUE(REGEXREPLACE("{{OccurredAt}}";" at .*$"; " "))

• REGEXPREPLACE instead of the more simple SUBSTITUTE
• use of ";" instead of ","

Thank ! I spend 24h looking for a solution and that seems to work!

Uh... there is a much better way to deal with this.

In IFTTT, you add a filter you can format the date so you don't then have to play with it in the Sheet side.

For example, using the following filter:

let mytime = Meta.currentUserTime.format('l LT');
let update=MakerWebhooks.event.Value1;

GoogleSheets.appendToGoogleSpreadsheet.setFormattedRow(mytime + "|||" + update);

Which will format the all of the entries like so:

\m/

function myFunction(e) {
  Logger.log(JSON.stringify(e));
  if(e && e.changeType === 'INSERT_ROW') {
    var ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet()
    var sheet = ss.getSheetByName("Sheet1");
    sheet.getRange(sheet.getLastRow(),1).setValue(new Date());
  }
}

In Google Sheets you can just use this formula:

=TIMEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," at ", " ")) + DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," at ", " "))

I simply replaced {{OccurredAt}} with the cell reference -- i.e., A1

Now this is the format of the "date, time" when IFTTT passed it to Google Sheet: 'January 29, 2025 at 01:17PM' I would like to change it to 24h format because I would like to reorder the rows descending by date, time on GSheet. Now it is not working because of the AM/PM. How can I change to 24h format? Or any other solution idea? Thanks in advance. I am a kind of beginner. :)