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harshularora
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How to change YYYYMMDD into date format?

Want the orderdatekey column in format YYYYMMDD using Date.FromText() function can someone please help, ive tried all the steps it still gives me errororderdateket.PNG

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Greg_Deckler
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@harshularora That's a number so you can't use Date.FromText, just use this:

   #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type date}})


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Greg_Deckler
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@harshularora That's a number so you can't use Date.FromText, just use this:

   #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type date}})


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