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How to Remove Error in Date Field
If you are wanting to change all null values to a specific date (like 11/11/2011), then a simple replace values would work where you are replacing all null values with your ficticious date. You can also add a custom column with the following statement:
if [Your Date Column] = null then "11/11/2011" else [Your Date Column]
If you are trying to convert everything to a date and are receiving an error message, you can also try the following statement in a custom column (if your date column is currently text because of bad data):
try Date.FromText([Your Date Column]) otherwise (however you want the errors handled)
If the cells are empty, then it should be marking them as null instead of an error... Can you should me the data within the cells prior to the error along with the step that is causing the error?
The cells are blank, empty. When they are initially processed it is in a text format. I then convert it to date/time and get the erros on the blank dates.