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RonaldvdH
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5 years ago
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Convert english dates

Goodday guys,

 

Ive got a simple question (i hope), i have a table with dates in them but they are in an english format for example 20190618 or 20210131 but i need them to be in the format 06-18-2019 and 01-31-21.

 

Is there a simple formula to change the format ? 

 

i have multiple columns with this format so if there is an easy to do this besides making 10 new calculated colums it would be appreciated šŸ™‚

Need Help
  • Fowmy's avatar
    Fowmy
    5 years ago

    RonaldvdH 

    You add a custom column in power Query: 

    Date.FromText
(
  Text.Middle([Dates],4,2) &"/"& 
  Text.End([Dates],2)&"/"&
  Text.Start([Dates],4)
)

     



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