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Anonymous
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Convert Date int into a date format

Greeting lovely members 

 

i have a column in my table where the date column looks like this : 20210101 , 20210102 , 20210103 etc..... 

 

is there a way i cant convert it to date format in Power Query ? thanks in advance 

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Tahreem24
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@Anonymous , Go to Power Query --> Select that Date column --> Go to Transform Menu --> Change Data Type to "Date".

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Tahreem24
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@Anonymous , Go to Power Query --> Select that Date column --> Go to Transform Menu --> Change Data Type to "Date".

Attaching screen shot for your reference.

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Don't forget to give thumbs up and accept this as a solution if it helped you!!!

Please take a quick glance at newly created dashboards : Restaurant Management Dashboard , HR Analytics Report , Hotel Management Report, Sales Analysis Report , Fortune 500 Companies Analysis , Revenue Tracking Dashboard
Anonymous
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Thanks ,  i have done the same thing at the begening but it didnt work ! 

when the column is type "Any" you cant apply the date format on it .

 

had to change it to text first than apply the date format , Thanks ! 

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