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HishamAT
Helper II
Helper IIConverting month name to date
Hi, I have a column in a table as follows : column Name is : Month column Data Type is : text What i need is to convert it to data type date and with the format of MMM (Only month name). Can y...
So you only have the text, and no other column with a date to use?
This calculated columns would workMonth Name = SWITCH(Table[Month], "January", Format (Date(2020,1,1), “mmm”), "February", Format (Date(2020,2,1), “mmm”), //and so on for the rest of the months )You would have to adjust the year according to your need. If you are able though, it would be better if you could edit the data source so there are dates to work with. This solution is not very efficient.
TomasAndersson
Solution Sage
Solution SageYes, you will need to create a new calculated column that, based on the text in "Month", returns the date you want. And then you have to format that column.
HishamATHelper II
Helper IISuccessfully completed... Thanks