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dsabsi
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9 years ago
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How to convert text (data type) to a date (data type)?

Hello guys,    I need your help with converting a text column towards a data type.  Should i add a column with a certain formula to achieve this?    See below the error that I'm getting from thi...
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    MarcelBeug
    9 years ago

    Sure (I included some Dutch as well :-) ):

     

    let
    Source = #table(type table[Verwachte_Start = text],{{"1499032800"},{"1498860000"},{"1493589600"},{"1491170400"}}),
    AddedUTCDateTime = Table.AddColumn(Source, "Verwachte_startdatum/tijd_UTC", each #datetimezone(1970,1,1,0,0,0,0,0) + #duration(0,0,0,Number.From([Verwachte_Start])), type datetimezone),
    AddedLocalDate = Table.AddColumn(AddedUTCDateTime, "Verwachte_startdatum_lokaal", each Date.From([#"Verwachte_startdatum/tijd_UTC"]), type date)
in
    AddedLocalDate
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MarcelBeug
Community Champion
9 years ago

The default depends on your Regional Settings in Windows when you create a new Power BI Desktop file.

 

Again: we didn't get any information how the dates look like, so we just don't know and can only guess.

 

Just to give you an idea: there are almost 600 different culture codes, that may influence formats (dates, numbers, of course names of days and months) and even the A-Z sort order, e.g. Hawaii puts the vowels up front:

 

 

Otherwise of course not all cultures use the characters A-Z as their alphabet.

 

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SivaMani
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9 years ago

MarcelBeug Thank you so much for your valuable information.