Forum Discussion
Date format
- Anonymous6 years ago
Hi can you try these steps? It does seem to work for me:
1) in Power BI click on Edit Queries in the Home Tab
2) Look for the birthdate column, click on it
3) Go to the Transform tab and click on Split Column
4) Choose "By delimiter" and select "Custom" in the dropdown menu that pops up
5) In the textfield below the dropdown, type in "GMT"
6) Pick "left-most delimiter"
7) Press OK
8.) Power BI will split your data in two different columns named Birthdate.1 and Birthdate.2
Birthdate.1 will be transform to a Date/Time type.
9) Don't forget to go to the home tab and press Close&Apply
These steps will result in the following DateTime column
Let me know if this works for you.
Birthdate.1
31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1949 15:00:00 31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1969 15:00:00 31-12-1959 15:00:00 31-12-1969 15:00:00 31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1974 15:00:00 31-12-1988 15:00:00 31-12-1969 15:00:00 31-12-1993 15:00:00 31-12-1959 15:00:00 31-12-1979 15:00:00 31-12-1988 15:00:00 31-12-1998 15:00:00 31-12-1992 15:00:00 31-12-1949 15:00:00 31-12-1969 15:00:00 31-12-1959 15:00:00 31-12-1989 15:00:00 31-12-1987 15:00:00 31-12-1969 15:00:00 31-12-1964 15:00:00 31-12-1969 16:00:00 22-5-2001 17:00:00 31-12-1979 16:00:00 31-12-1994 16:00:00 31-12-2018 16:00:00 31-12-1989 16:00:00 10-7-1979 17:00:00 17-8-1971 17:00:00 31-12-2018 16:00:00 19-8-1979 17:00:00 31-12-1989 16:00:00 31-12-1938 16:00:00 31-12-2018 16:00:00 16-12-2019 16:00:00 16-12-2019 16:00:00 16-12-2019 16:00:00 19-12-2019 16:00:00 31-12-2018 16:00:00 25-12-2019 16:00:00 - 6 years ago
Hi Anonymous ,
Try the following DAX, I think region is the problem.
Column = var a =SEARCH(" ",'Table'[birthDate],1)+1 var b = SEARCH(" ",'Table'[birthDate],5)+1 var c = SEARCH(" ",'Table'[birthDate],9)+1 var d = MID('Table'[birthDate],a,3) var e = SWITCH( TRUE(), d="Dec",12, d="Nov",11, d="Oct",10, d="Sep",9, d="Aug",8, d="Jul",7, d="Jun",6, d="May",5, d="Apr",4, d="Mar",3, d="Feb",2, d="Jan",1 ) return IF(c=12, MID('Table'[birthDate],b,2), 0&MID('Table'[birthDate],b,1) ) &"-"&e&"-"&MID('Table'[birthDate],c,4)Here is the test file for your reference.
Thank you.
You find attached my sample.
I think the problem that is two defferents message :
"Sun Dec 31 1989 15:00:00 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time)"
"Tue Aug 17 1971 17:00:00 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)"
Best regards,
Hi,
I can't access the link, but you can try to split the column with the date format.
If you split it at the "(" Power BI might be able to understand that it's a date.
You can do this in Power BI Desktop => Edit Queries => Transform tab => Split column => By delimiter.
Kind regards.
- Anonymous6 years agoNot applicable
Sorry didn't work !
- Anonymous6 years agoNot applicable
I tried it myself with the two dates you entered before.
If you also remove the GMT part, Power BI will automatically set it as a Date.
Kind Regards