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How to change the date format?
Hi, For Data: I have imported a .CSV file. I have two questions? My Date is in format 1/3/2016 7:56:00 AM (DD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss), but PowerBI is reading the Date as MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss. ...
sanchit This is controlled by the Locale Setting!
MM/DD/YYYY is the US format (and maybe some other countires not sure???)
But your csv file likely came form a place where they use DD/MM/YYYY
To have PBI recognize those as dates Go to File => Options and settings => Options => Locale => change to your country/region
Why is something as simple as formatting a date so hard in Power BI? Is it that Microsoft is focussing all their development effort on the data engine/ DAX and zero on the development tool? Why do I even have to search "How to format a date in Power BI"? I've been doing this for decades.