Convert Jodatime period field to Time

[dmcnamee]

Hi,

I'm new to Power BI and to the forum. 

I'm pulling data from a PostgreSQL database where one of the fields is a Java Jodatime Period representation. (https://www.joda.org/joda-time/)

As can be seen from the screenshot below, this is stored in a varchar(255) as PT30M (representing a Period of 30 minutes. Jodatime Period in Database

Has anyone ever worked with converting Jodatime Date/Time representations to something that can be interperted by Power BI?

Thanks!

[dmcnamee]

Hi Marius,

That appears to have done the trick. Thanks!

However, the new Custom Column I just created is of type Text. 

It would be great if it could be formatted to type Time

I've tried the following to convert it to Time

Time.FromText([parsed_total_time])

But it's giving an error: 

Why is the error stating that it cannot convert the value to type Text, when I'm asking it to convert it to a type Time?

Many thanks,

Donal. 

[Mariusz · Accepted solution]

Hi @dmcnamee 

To format the column, follow the steps below.
1. Click on abc123 icon in your column.

2. Select "Time" Data Type as below

Regards,
Mariusz

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[dmcnamee]

@Mariusz

That worked a treat!  🙂

Thanks a million for your help, 

Donal. 

[Mariusz]

Hi @dmcnamee 

You can add a custom column in Query Editor, like below.

Regards,
Mariusz

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