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godtooro
Helper II
Helper II

Date.FromText

Dear all,

 

I've the next doubt at Powet Query:

I've a column as Text with this text: 20221215 (yyyymmdd).

Now I want to convert it as Date. I've applied at Power Query this but I obtain "DataFormat Error":

 

My secuence is: Date.FromText("Column", [Format= "yyyyMMdd"])

Do you know why?

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TomasAndersson
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Your column should be in square brackets, does Date.FromText([Column], [Format= "yyyyMMdd"]) work?

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godtooro
Helper II
Helper II

Please one doubt more and if I want to change two columns?

godtooro_0-1682084077915.png

 

godtooro
Helper II
Helper II

Cool @TomasAndersson works perfectly!

@Ahmedx thank you so much for your support!

Ahmedx
Super User
Super User

pls try this

Screen Capture #913.png

TomasAndersson
Solution Sage
Solution Sage

Your column should be in square brackets, does Date.FromText([Column], [Format= "yyyyMMdd"]) work?

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