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raphazzz
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3 years ago
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Error converting DATE in the Power Query...

Hello friends,   I'm trying to convert a text column to date format to sort the visualizations in chronological order, but I'm getting errors in Power Query. I tried with different date formats (Ja...
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    ryan_mayu
    3 years ago

    raphazzz 

    try to add "-1" after month, then you can convert.

    [Column1]&"-1"

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ryan_mayu
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3 years ago

raphazzz 

try to add "-1" after month, then you can convert.

[Column1]&"-1"

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raphazzz
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3 years ago

Thanks, it did work, but just out of curiosity, can you explain why?

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    ryan_mayu
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    3 years ago

    I learned this from other experts on this community. ğŸ˜„