Is there a (simple) way to copy a date field to a datetime field

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I need to copy values from an old date field to a new SFDC custom datetime field. I tried to use a token for the old field value {{lead.MQL date}} and append it with the {{system.time}} token. At first it seemed to work (notice there's no red squiggly line) I was cheering for Marketo being so flexible but then I noticed the campaign skipped this step because the new value was invalid. Way to get my hopes up.

Anyone has an idea how to do this without too much hassle?

Thanks,

Arthur

[Andrea_Lechner]

If you haven't nested this new field in a bunch of lists or campaigns, you can adjust the type in MKTO and then use your tokens.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Andrea and Sanford. We ended up just changing the SFDC field to a date field, it was only filled by a few old leads from a legacy effort.

[SanfordWhiteman]

That's a good point, Andrea. If it were a Text field the token type validation wouldn't apply. But I assumed it was already in use.

[SanfordWhiteman]

Interesting question, Arthur!  I tried a few permutations myself and like you found, the Flow choked on non-datetime tokens (regardless of whether there's also the {{system.time}}).  Maybe there's something we've both missed but I know this works in FlowBoost: