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How do I create a date field using a text field that has year and month only.
I have a text field that contains year and month only (ex '201801'). How do i create a date field using this text field.
Thanks!
Sallee
Well, in DAX you could do this:
Column = DATE(INT(LEFT([Column1],4)),INT(RIGHT([Column1],2)),1)
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Well, in DAX you could do this:
Column = DATE(INT(LEFT([Column1],4)),INT(RIGHT([Column1],2)),1)
Sallee,
create a new column in same table with following code where varible _Date can be equal to other column in a table with dates.
3rd argument of the DATE function defines a day. In my case the result will be 1/1/2018
= VAR _Date = "201801" RETURN DATE(left(_Date,4),MID(_Date,5,2),1)
works fine for me. try to use this sample as per link below.
https://1drv.ms/x/s!AhUWZ84uo7UAgmM8kvkwm1THdmsj
Alternative solution, Greg offered, should also work fine, use either one.
