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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)
Did you ever figure this out? I am running into the same issue with needing blank cells in a date field. It errors out when I convert to a date.
I am still not able to replicate the issue... When I have dates formatted as text and then converted to a date, all blank cells are shown as "null" rather than errors. I even tried adding spaces instead of having truly blank cells, but the query editor handled it in the same way. Is there some test data that you can share to help duplicate the issue?