DATEVALUE returns incorrect date and cannot be avoided on Australian computers

It would appear that Power BI Desktop defaults to a culture of en-US for Australian (and maybe other) users. There appears to be no way to fix this and it will lead to unintended consequences ...

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v-robertq-msft

Community Support

5 years ago

Hi, wynhopkins

Unfortunately, I can’t reproduce the same issue as yours after my test in the may version of the Power BI desktop:

Therefore, I suggest you to update to the latest version of the Power BI desktop and check if this problem can disappear.

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Robert Qin

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