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Anonymous
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Display Date as text formate

Hi ,

 

my requirement is  , I had today() date function that time it will display the today date but instead of today date i need to display as text Todaydate  .

 

Ex : 2019-12-04 - Todaydate

 

when i select the todaydate text it needs to be filter today date values. kindly suggest me .

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Tahreem24
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HI @Anonymous ,

 

You can create a calculated column like below:

 

Column = if('Table'[DateColumn]=TODAY(),"Today Date","Not")
 
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Tahreem24
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HI @Anonymous ,

 

You can create a calculated column like below:

 

Column = if('Table'[DateColumn]=TODAY(),"Today Date","Not")
 
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Hi @Anonymous ,

 

I am glad that I helped you.

Good Luck!

 

Thanks!

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az38
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@Anonymous 

try

= format(TODAY();"YYYY-MM-DD")

it is the only read-format, filters should work ok

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Mariusz
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Hi @Anonymous 

 

Try this.

today = FORMAT( TODAY(), "YYYY-MM-DD" )

 

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Mariusz

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