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GuerauFF
Helper II
6 years ago
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Date format

Hi there!   I am having some issues with date formatting... it's a nightmare!   So, what I have is a column where I have both dates as "dd/mm/YYYY hh:mm:ss" and others as "dd/mm/YYYY hh:mm:ss AM/...
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  • MFelix's avatar
    MFelix
    6 years ago

    Hi  GuerauFF ,

     

    Try the following code:

    if Text.End([DAte], 2) = "AM" or Text.End([DAte], 2) = "PM"
  then Text.PadStart(Text.AfterDelimiter(Text.BeforeDelimiter([DAte], "/", 1), "/", 0), 2, "0")
     & "/"
     & Text.PadStart(Text.BeforeDelimiter([DAte], "/", 0), 2, "0")
     & "/"
     & Text.AfterDelimiter([DAte], "/", 1)
  else Text.PadStart(Text.AfterDelimiter(Text.BeforeDelimiter([DAte], "/", 1), "/", 0), 2, "0")
     & "/"
     & Text.PadStart(Text.BeforeDelimiter([DAte], "/", 0), 2, "0")
     & "/"
     & Text.AfterDelimiter(Text.BeforeDelimiter([DAte], " ", 0), "/", 1)
     & " "
     & (if Number.FromText(Text.BeforeDelimiter(Text.AfterDelimiter([DAte], " ", 0), ":", 0)) < 12
      then Text.BeforeDelimiter(Text.AfterDelimiter([DAte], " ", 0), ":", 0)
      else Number.ToText(
        Number.FromText(Text.BeforeDelimiter(Text.AfterDelimiter([DAte], " ", 0), ":", 0)) - 12
      ))
     & ":"
     & Text.AfterDelimiter([DAte], ":", 0)
     & (if Number.FromText(Text.BeforeDelimiter(Text.AfterDelimiter([DAte], " ", 0), ":", 0)) < 12
      then " AM"
      else " PM")
GuerauFF's avatar
GuerauFF
Helper II
6 years ago

Hi MFelix 

 

I tried it again and it's working, I guess I was making a mistake when putting the correct variable in the formula.

 

There's only one issue left, it seems like it's working for the dates with which I was having issues before, but it isn't working for the other ones that I had. Before changing the format:

 

And after the format change:

 

Any idea how I could make it work for both date types?

Thanks for your help!

 

Guerau

 

 

MFelix's avatar
MFelix
Super User
6 years ago

Hi GuerauFF ,

 

You should use the new column as you date column, so you must change the format on the column you just created and delete the initial column, then rename the new column to the name of the previous one.

  • GuerauFF's avatar
    GuerauFF
    Helper II
    6 years ago

    Hi MFelix ,

     

    I can do that but it doesn't solve the problem. The issue I'm having is that with the initial formula it is working properly for the dates ending in PM/AM but it gives me the error message for the other ones.

    I have tried to change the last line of the formula, putting instead of Datetime.From Text.Select but it isn't working either.

     

    To sum it up, I think what I need to do is adapt the else clause of the formula that you gave me so the dates in the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss are converted to the format dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss PM/AM. And once that is done I will be able to format the new column as date and hour and it will be working properly.

     

    The problem is that I don't know how to change the else clause so it does so...

     

    Do you know what I mean? Any help with the edit of the else clause would be appreciated!

     

    Guerau