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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Inconsistent Date Format in excel file

Hi,

The excel file extracted from system has inconsistent date format.

If import to Power BI directly, Power BI will read those with "/" (eg. 8/31/2020) as MDY and those with "-" (eg. 08-11-20) as DMY.

 

Actually all should be read as MDY.


How can I solve this issue?

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Please update the formula of calculated column [Formatted Date] as below:

    Formatted Date = 
IF (
    IFERROR ( FIND ( "-", 'Sample'[Complete Date] ), 0 ) > 0,
    DATE ( CONCATENATE ( "20", RIGHT ( 'Sample'[Complete Date], 2 ) ), SWITCH (
        MID ( 'Sample'[Complete Date], 4, 3 ),
        "Jan", "1",
        "Feb", "2",
        "Mar", "3",
        "Apr", "4",
        "May", "5",
        "Jun", "6",
        "Jul", "7",
        "Aug", "8",
        "Sep", "9",
        "Oct", "10",
        "Nov", "11",
        "Dec", "12"
    ), LEFT ( 'Sample'[Complete Date], 2 ) ),
    DATEVALUE ( 'Sample'[Complete Date] )
)

    Best Regards
    Rena
    Community Support Team _ Rena Ruan
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Assue that the date field looks like the ones in the below screenshot, you can create a calculated column to format the date field. Then set the proper date format for it.

    Formatted date = IF (
    IFERROR ( FIND ( "-", 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date] ), 0 ) > 0,
    DATE ( CONCATENATE ( "20", RIGHT ( 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date], 2 ) ), MID ( 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date], 4, 2 ), LEFT ( 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date], 2 ) ),
    IF (
        IFERROR ( FIND ( "/", 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date] ), 0 ) > 0,
        DATE ( RIGHT ( 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date], 4 ), MID ( 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date], 3, 2 ), LEFT (
            'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date],
            IFERROR ( FIND ( "/", 'Table'[Paperwork Complete Date] ), 0 ) - 1
        ) )
    )
)

    Set the proper date formatBest Regards
    Rena
    Community Support Team _ Rena Ruan
    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        5 years ago

        Hi Anonymous ,

        Please update the formula of calculated column [Formatted Date] as below:

        Formatted Date = 
IF (
    IFERROR ( FIND ( "-", 'Sample'[Complete Date] ), 0 ) > 0,
    DATE ( CONCATENATE ( "20", RIGHT ( 'Sample'[Complete Date], 2 ) ), SWITCH (
        MID ( 'Sample'[Complete Date], 4, 3 ),
        "Jan", "1",
        "Feb", "2",
        "Mar", "3",
        "Apr", "4",
        "May", "5",
        "Jun", "6",
        "Jul", "7",
        "Aug", "8",
        "Sep", "9",
        "Oct", "10",
        "Nov", "11",
        "Dec", "12"
    ), LEFT ( 'Sample'[Complete Date], 2 ) ),
    DATEVALUE ( 'Sample'[Complete Date] )
)

        Best Regards
        Rena
        Community Support Team _ Rena Ruan
        If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more.

  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion
    5 years ago

    Anonymous 

    In Power Query, select the column, select "Replace values" in the ribbon and swap the "-" for a "/"