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nhodges
Helper I
Helper I

Text will not convert to DateTime

Hello,

 

All the other DateTime fields in my data easily converted from text except for this one I am getting an error. It gives me error in powerquery when I go to convert it. How can I get this to DateTime?

 

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FreemanZ
Super User
Super User

hi @nhodges 

yyyy/dd/mm is very rare. do you know the country origin of this data?

ValtteriN
Super User
Super User

Hi,

It seems your date is in ISO 8601 type datetime. Try using "DateTime.FromText".


E.g. = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each DateTime.FromText([Column1]))

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Edit:
I noticed your year and month are in a different order than in my example. In that case this is a bit trickier. 
Then you need to add optional variables. E.g.

 

= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each DateTime.FromText([Column1],[Format="yyyy-dd-MM'T'HH:mm:ss", Culture="en-US"]))

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Hi, im not sure how get to this option I tried to add a column in the main pbi view but it will not read the formula you gave me. So I assume I have to do it in the power query editor but cannot figure out how to add a column here with a formula.

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