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Date and Time format not recognized

Hello all, i am new to this forumn, i am trying to work on a report with a CSV files containing data, one of the coloumn has date time and extra characters. For example below -04:00:00 are extra characters, what can i do in PowerBI to recognize it as DATE and TIME. 


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2018-08-02 07:39:04 -04:00:00 

 

I am looking for simple change in BI, as the CSV files gets changed every day. Please help. TIA.

 

 

  • Hi dotnet,

    Based on my test, you could split your column in query editor or with max:

    In query editor:

    Use the Split Column function:

    If you want to use the dax, you could try:

    Column = LEFT('Table1'[Time],20)

     

    Regards,

    Daniel He

     

     

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  • v-danhe-msft's avatar
    v-danhe-msft
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    Hi dotnet,

    Based on my test, you could split your column in query editor or with max:

    In query editor:

    Use the Split Column function:

    If you want to use the dax, you could try:

    Column = LEFT('Table1'[Time],20)

     

    Regards,

    Daniel He

     

     

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    dotnet you could use right or left to get rid of characters if you know the length of it.

    • dotnet's avatar
      dotnet
      Frequent Visitor

      Didn't get it, what is right or left. Are you talking about splitting them?