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AlB's avatar
AlB
Community Champion
7 years ago

Changing date name in date column

Hi there,

 

I have a calendar table generated through CALENDARAUTO( ) and then adding a column

MonthName = FORMAT([Date], "mmm").

My OS regional setting is not US. I selected English (US) in Options-->Current file -->Regional Settings.

The MonthName column shows the name in English. The [Date] column, however, when in long format, shows the name of day and month in the regional language.

How can I change this to be shown in English?

 

Many thanks

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  • v-yulgu-msft's avatar
    v-yulgu-msft
    Microsoft Employee
    7 years ago

    Hi AlB,

     

    As we know, CALENDARAUTO returns a table with a single date column whose range is calculated automatically based on data in the model. I guess the date column in other table in current data model is formatted with a different languate, the same as your OS regional setting. The data model language is inherited from data source, it is not available to change it with DAX. 

     

    In your scenario, I would suggest you use CALENDAR() instead of CALENDARAUTO. For example, if there existing a table called 'DataTable' containing a date column [DateValue], then, you could new a calendar table likw below:

    Dim Date =
ADDCOLUMNS (
    CALENDAR ( MIN ( DataTable[DateValue] ), MAX ( DateTable[DateValue] ) ),
    "MonthName", FORMAT ( [Date], "mmm" )
)


    Best regards,

    Yuliana Gu