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Anonymous
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DataFormat error when trying to parse date

‎03-24-2020 09:18 AM

I have a csv with dates in format MMM-YY and Power BI is unabe to read the file

eg

Date

Mar-99

Apr-12

 

Is there a way to read this csv ?

 

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v-lid-msft
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‎03-24-2020 07:49 PM

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

We can use the following steps to convert this column from text to date

  1. Open the Power Query Editor.
  2. Right-click the column that we want to change type. Select change Type and using locale.
 

 

  1. Date type is Date and locale is English(World).
 

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  1. Then we can get the result like this,
 

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Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
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-lid-msft
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Community Support

‎03-24-2020 07:49 PM

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

We can use the following steps to convert this column from text to date

  1. Open the Power Query Editor.
  2. Right-click the column that we want to change type. Select change Type and using locale.
 

 

  1. Date type is Date and locale is English(World).
 

32.png

 

  1. Then we can get the result like this,
 

33.png


Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
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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‎03-25-2020 02:04 AM

Thanks for this it worked perfectly

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