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pranshul
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Date/ time format issue

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Hi Team, I am struggling to change the date time format in the attached file in the power BI modelling. getting below mentioned error.

Original value in Excel : 11/3/2017 0:00:00 11/3/2017 1:00:00 11/3/2017 2:00:00 11/3/2017 3:00:00 11/3/2017 4:00:00 Value is present in Date / time format in excel in modelling it is reflecting in decimal format: 43080.000 43080.042 43080.083 when i am trying to change this format in modelling section: I am getting below mentioned error : "We can't automatically convert the column to Date/Time type." need help on that
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v-jiascu-msft
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Hi @pranshul,

 

Could you please mark the proper answer as solution?

 

Best Regards!
Dale

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v-jiascu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @pranshul,

 

You can change the format easily in the Query Editor. Maybe you need to tidy the data before use it.

If you can't change it manually, please check if they are all dates. Or share your file with me.

Date_time_format_issue

 

Best Regards,

Dale

 

Community Support Team _ Dale
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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