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Converting different date formats to same format.
I am new to PowerBI and am having issues formatting a column with different date formats.
I have the following 3 types of date in a text field. Every time I try to convert the column to a date format at least one comes back with 'Error'.
CreationDate
8/26/2022 7:16:32 AM - missing leading zero for month and includes seconds
09/02/2022 17:50 - uses 24 hour clock.
09/01/2022 7:32 PM - uses 12 hour clock.
How to I make the date format consistant ?
Many thanks,
Gully.
Hi Gully,
I created a table with datetime values in the 3 formats given by you.
There shouldn't be any issue in converting all of these to datetime. Select Date/Time as the data type.
Result:
Works for you? Mark this post as a solution if it does!
Consider taking a look at my blog: Forecast Period - Graphical Comparison
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Hi Gully,
I created a table with datetime values in the 3 formats given by you.
There shouldn't be any issue in converting all of these to datetime. Select Date/Time as the data type.
Result:
Works for you? Mark this post as a solution if it does!
Consider taking a look at my blog: Forecast Period - Graphical ComparisonHi, Shaurya.
Thanks for your response. I followed your steps and it still didn't work.
I then reloaded the data and followed your steps again and it worked.
I'm not sure what happened but all is good now.
Thanks,
Gully
Hello!
I have a different mix of locales at same column as en-US and es-MX:
1/22/2023 8:13:01 AM
25/05/2020 08:00:19 p. m.
When I try to convert using locale in two steps, I got an error for the second one.
Any hint will be appreciate!
