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Anonymous
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unable to convert date column format from text to date

Hello ,
My date Column contains Date ,text(no yf) and N/a because of which i am unable to convert it to Date column , please help ....Capture 23mar.PNG

 

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Anonymous
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Hi  @Anonymous , 

Here are the steps you can follow: 

1. Power Query – Transform – Replace Valus .  

Value To find: No YF  

Replace With: No need to fill in, show blank 

veqinmsft_0-1685004207222.png

2. In one operation:  

Value To find: #N/A  

Replace With: No need to fill in, show blank 

veqinmsft_1-1685004207223.png

3. Select this column - right-click -Change Type – Data/Time 

veqinmsft_2-1685004249178.png

 

Best Regards, 

Liu Yang 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly 

 

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Anonymous
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Hi  @Anonymous , 

Here are the steps you can follow: 

1. Power Query – Transform – Replace Valus .  

Value To find: No YF  

Replace With: No need to fill in, show blank 

veqinmsft_0-1685004207222.png

2. In one operation:  

Value To find: #N/A  

Replace With: No need to fill in, show blank 

veqinmsft_1-1685004207223.png

3. Select this column - right-click -Change Type – Data/Time 

veqinmsft_2-1685004249178.png

 

Best Regards, 

Liu Yang 

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly 

 

Anonymous
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@Anonymous  thank you for your reply , dates are not filtering by month could you please help here

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vicky_
Super User
Super User

You can only have date values in a date column. You can consider either removing error rows, or replacing them with a default value.

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