Extract and convert date from text string

Hi Anonymous,

Here I made a test by entering 04/01/19 directly. We can change the data type to using local in power query to work on it. Please check the steps as the pictures as below.

Then we can get the result as we need.

Here is the M code for your refernce.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjDRNzDUN7RUio0FAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [date = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"date", type date}}),
    #"Changed Type with Locale" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type", {{"date", type text}}, "en-AU")
in
    #"Changed Type with Locale"

For more details, please check the pbix as attached.

Regards,

Frank