How do I format a date field?

[Rnaval]

The current values in a date field are being displayed as 

Saturday, March 14, 2026

and I would like to simply display as

3/14/2026

I'm sure this is easily formatted but I can't seem to find the option readily.

[ERD · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Click on the field, and then Column tools - Format:

[cengizhanarslan · Accepted solution]

1. Select the date column in the Fields pane.
2. Go to the Column tools tab in the ribbon.
3. In the Format dropdown, choose Short Date.

[vojtechsima]

@Rnaval Hey,

You have plenty of options.

In the column/measure settings, you can write whatever format you want or select from predefined ones.

I find it most convenient and stable when I define it myself, the logic is:
y = Year
M (capital) = Month

d = day

So for yours it would look like MM/dd/yyyy

Please note that if it's a Date column, the separators may be affected by your regional settings, if you want stricly certain format, add a new column to your dimension as Text, either in Power Query or in DAX.

In DAX:

dateFormatted = FORMAT( 'Table'[date], "MM/dd/yyyy")

[ERD · Accepted solution]

Hello,

Click on the field, and then Column tools - Format: