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How to change the text data type to date datatype

‎05-14-2024 01:23 AM

hi all,

 

my date is currently in text data type its like Mar'24 .i need to convert it to date datatype in power bi. please help me asap.

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‎05-14-2024 01:29 AM

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Replace the ' (single quotation) by a / (solidus) then just convert to date format


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MFelix
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‎05-14-2024 01:29 AM

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

Replace the ' (single quotation) by a / (solidus) then just convert to date format


Regards

Miguel Félix


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‎05-14-2024 01:34 AM

in format should i give mmm/yy?

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MFelix
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‎05-14-2024 04:25 AM

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

After doing the query change you can format in desktop to be mmm/yy


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Miguel Félix


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