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Anonymous
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Date.FromText converts into wrong format after publishing

Hello all

 

I have a column "QualifyingDate" with a date stored in the format yyyymmdd.

In the Power Query Editor i created a new custom column, screenshot with the code:

 

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So it either sets the Text "Gestern" or to the date converted from yyyymmdd.

However, when looking into the dropdown slicer in Power BI Desktop it looks fine.

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Publishing it doesnt change that immediately, but after some time, maybe after a refresh of the data, it changes the format to:

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I tried using the "culture" parameter in Date.FromText and different Browsers. Settings in browser and power bi are set to de-CH.

 

PS: I think it worked lately, but i added an additional column to order "QualifyingDateForSlicer". But its only used for sorting so i dont think this could be it, or could it?

 

Thank you and kind regards

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v-chuncz-msft
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@Anonymous,

 

Date.FromText returns a Date value. You may use Date.ToText or Text.From in the else part.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
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v-chuncz-msft
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Community Support

@Anonymous,

 

Date.FromText returns a Date value. You may use Date.ToText or Text.From in the else part.

Community Support Team _ Sam Zha
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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