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javieezy
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Helper I

Date Time problem

Dear all, 

 

I'm facing a problem now as I input the data from Excel, the column "ATA" shows as Text instead of Date/Time (as "ATD) and cannot be shown as Date/Time. 

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But from Excel this two columns are in the same format and can even do calculations. 

 

Any help would be appreciated. 

 

Br, 

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Fowmy
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@javieezy 

The problem with the column ATA is, it has ":"  at the end, do the following.
Go to: Transform > Extract > Text Before Delimiter and choose the options as I have done

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Then change the column type to Date/Time.
Done

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Fowmy
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@javieezy 

The problem with the column ATA is, it has ":"  at the end, do the following.
Go to: Transform > Extract > Text Before Delimiter and choose the options as I have done

Fowmy_0-1621886413658.png
Then change the column type to Date/Time.
Done

Fowmy_1-1621886519984.png

 

 



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Greg_Deckler
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@javieezy Can you share the file or at least the code from Advanced Editor in Power Query Editor? Almost looks like the first column is getting truncated for some reason.



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