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Anonymous
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DAX Format is not returning the specified text format

This is not a new project, it has previously worked for ~2 months and today it does not.

 

I've created a text column with the following: 

Due Date = IF(ISBLANK(Admin[Priority Req.(Mark with X) ]),FORMAT(Admin[Date Due],"YYYY-MM-DD"),"! EXPEDITE !")
The reason I need it formatted like this is that I sort the report table by this column and want the ! EXPEDITE ! lines to show up first, then oldest first chronologically after that. With a text cell, 1-21-2021 is showing due before 12-20-2020 whereas 2020-12-20 shows before 2021-1-21
Column "Priority Req....." is formatted as text and "Date Due" is formatted as a date.
 
My results are:
"! EXPEDITE !" works as intended.
FORMAT will only return MM/DD/YYYY, regardless of if I type DD-MM-YYYY, DD-YYYY-MM, etc. Using / instead of - does not change the results.
 
I've tried adding another column without the IF, 
test = FORMAT(Admin[Date Due],"YYYY-MM-DD") and this does not return the specified format either.
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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CNENFRNL
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Hi, @Anonymous , you might want to try this

FORMAT(DATEVALUE("12-20-2020"),"yyyy\-mm\-dd")

Screenshot 2020-12-08 025655.png

 


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

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amitchandak
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@Anonymous , That is strange .Can you  a sample pbix after removing sensitive data.

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CNENFRNL
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Hi, @Anonymous , you might want to try this

FORMAT(DATEVALUE("12-20-2020"),"yyyy\-mm\-dd")

Screenshot 2020-12-08 025655.png

 


Thanks to the great efforts by MS engineers to simplify syntax of DAX! Most beginners are SUCCESSFULLY MISLED to think that they could easily master DAX; but it turns out that the intricacy of the most frequently used RANKX() is still way beyond their comprehension!

DAX is simple, but NOT EASY!

Anonymous
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Perfect, thank you!

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