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sam_nik12345
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Date format error

‎01-22-2022 11:31 PM

Date in my table looks like below in text format. When I covert to date type i get an error "dataformat.error we couldn't parse the input provided as a date value". Kindly help.

 

Date
 
2 Aug 2020
9 Aug 2020
16 Aug 2020
23 Aug 2020
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v-easonf-msft
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Community Support

‎01-25-2022 06:31 PM

Hi, @sam_nik12345 

The data you provided can work  well on my side.

Please double check your original data to make sure there are no extra spaces in the table.

You can refer to this similar thread.

DataFormat.Error: We couldn't parse the input provided as a DateTime value. 

 

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Community Support Team _ Eason

 

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bcdobbs
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‎01-23-2022 12:26 AM

I suspect the dates themselves are ok however some other values in the column are causing issues.

 

  • In power query try running clean and trim on the column.
  • Scan down list of values and make sure nothing is out of place eg no "Not Applocable"

 

 



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AnkitKukreja
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‎01-22-2022 11:49 PM

Hi! @sam_nik12345 

 

What is your datasource? Because when I paste this date and convert this, I don't see any isssue.

If possible, please share your pbix file without your PII data.

 

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