extract year from

[naveen73]

Hi all, I have a question on Power Query. I have a column that has some times dates in the right format e.g. 01/25/2025 and some times in the format e.g. Q3-2004. Is there a way I can write a code that will give me the correct year of the date for every entry?

Thanks,

Nav

[naveen73]

@goncalogeraldes thanks for your swift response.

The cells with a value of "Q1-2002" give "null" with your proposed solution. I tried your solution in the first instance but did not work.

[goncalogeraldes]

@naveen73 is your data always in the format "QQ-YYYY"?

[naveen73]

that is exactly the problem, sometimes it is and sometimes it is not.

[goncalogeraldes]

@naveen73 are the year values always the last four?

[naveen73]

yes

[goncalogeraldes]

@naveen73 I will assume that it is a text column so try this then:

#"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"YourPreviousStep", "Year", each Text.End([ColumnName],4))

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[naveen73]

Thanks for this solution. I meanwhile tried a different one:

• convert to text
• take the last four characters

However, as I got the answer i.e. the last four digits realized that is not the answer I was looking for. What I am looking for is actually more complex.

For the values that have Q1, Q2 etc. I want the first day of that quarter in that year. For example: Q3-2007 should be 1 Oct 2007

Will that be possible?

thanks,

Naveen

[goncalogeraldes · Accepted solution]

Hello there @naveen73 ! If I understood your situation correctly, I think this might give the result you are searching for:

= Table.AddColumn(#"Your previous step", "Year", each if Text.Start([ColumnName],1) = "Q" then Date.StartOfQuarter(Text.Start([ColumnName],2)) else Text.End(Text.From([ColumnName], Culture.Current),4))

 If you keep the column formatted as a Date it should work as well!

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[naveen73]

Thanks so much for your help, It is appreciated!!

[goncalogeraldes]

Hello there @naveen73 ! You have to select your date column in Power Query and use the "extract year" function as follows:

 And select Year -> Year and it will create a column with the year for every date.

Hope this answer solves your problem! If you need any additional help please @ me in your reply.
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Best regards,
Gonçalo Geraldes