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Amazing_Random
Helper I
3 years ago
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Formatting date text string to a custom format

For a report I have to use a link into the meter name. I have been able to crack down the id aspect of the link. but the date on such link is quite off to the date/time formats in PBI. &chartEndDa...
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  • bolfri's avatar
    bolfri
    3 years ago

    Do you need something like this? This formula uses the UTCNOW() function to get the current UTC time and the FORMAT function to format the datetime in the desired format. You can replace UTCNOW() function with the column you have.

     

    Column = CONCATENATE(
    FORMAT(UTCNOW(), "yyyy-MM-ddT"),
    SUBSTITUTE(
            FORMAT(UTCNOW(), "HH:mm:ss.fffZ"),
            ":",
            "%3A"
    )
)

     

     

     

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Amazing_Random
Helper I
3 years ago

Sure! So after T should be the hour, then minutes, then seconds, as for html, apparently time is written like that, with %3A being the substitute for ":" I hope this helps. 

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ryan_mayu
Super User
3 years ago

is 000Z a fixed ending?

  • Amazing_Random's avatar
    Amazing_Random
    Helper I
    3 years ago

    Yes it is the Timezone I believe

     Ok I formatted the date to:

    2023-01-10T17:30:00

    However, the timezones are different, the URL is using England's Time Zone (GMT) and I'm in (GMT+13), I also have to add the '.000Z' at the end, which should be the GMT timezone code in url 

    • ryan_mayu's avatar
      ryan_mayu
      Super User
      3 years ago

      Amazing_Random 

      pls check if this is what you want

      Column 2 = 
VAR _y=mid('Table'[column],7,4)
VAR _m=mid('Table'[column],4,2)
VAR _d=left('Table'[column],2)
VAR _a=find(":",'Table'[column],1)
VAR _h=if(right('Table'[column],2)="pm", mid('Table'[column],12,_a-12)+12,"0"&mid('Table'[column],12,_a-12))
VAR _min=left(right('Table'[column],7),2)
VAR _s=left(right('Table'[column],4),2)
return _y&"-"&_m&"-"&_d&"T"&_h&"%3A"&_min&"%3A"&_s&".000Z"

      • Amazing_Random's avatar
        Amazing_Random
        Helper I
        3 years ago

        It says 

        "The search Text provided to function 'FIND' could not be found in the given text"