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PBI_newuser
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Post Prodigy

DAX: How to convert column from text to date?

Hi, I have year, month and date columns in a table. 

I tried to create column Date = Date (Year, Month, Date) but the format is store as text and couldn't be converted to date.

 

YearMonthDate
20211025
2020412
202056
201936
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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

 

 The table year, month, day are text format, the use of DATE function can be converted to date format.

vzhangti_0-1635472851467.png

Date = DATE([Year],[Month],[Day])

vzhangti_1-1635472882579.png

If the method I provided above can't solve your problem, what's your expected result? Could you please provide more details for it?

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @PBI_newuser 

 

 The table year, month, day are text format, the use of DATE function can be converted to date format.

vzhangti_0-1635472851467.png

Date = DATE([Year],[Month],[Day])

vzhangti_1-1635472882579.png

If the method I provided above can't solve your problem, what's your expected result? Could you please provide more details for it?

Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Anonymous
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@PBI_newuser Try to create date column in PowerQuery. There you can convert text to date without problem.

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