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Advocate I

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