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damit23183
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Index ID from Date Column using Power Query

Hi,

 

I have a Date Column and would like to create INDEX column based on Date values.

 

For example;

 

I have Date Column as show in below figure and from Date Column I want to create ID (Index Column) column using Power Query.

 

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NOTE: I have dates info for almost 40 Years. (1994-2034)

Any suggestion/Help Appreciate!

 

Thanks

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amitchandak
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@damit23183 , Create a new column like

Date.ToText([Date], "yyyyMMdd")

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amitchandak
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@damit23183 , Create a new column like

Date.ToText([Date], "yyyyMMdd")

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Thanks Amit it worked.

 

 

Thanks

PhilipTreacy
Super User
Super User

Hi @damit23183 

Try this.  It's loading a column of dates from a table called Dates

 

 

let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Dates"]}[Content],
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type datetime}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "ID", each Text.From(Date.Year([Date])) & Text.PadStart(Text.From(Date.Month([Date])),2,"0") & Text.PadStart(Text.From(Date.Day([Date])),2,"0"))
in
    #"Added Custom"

 

 

I'm using d/m/y/ not sure what you have.  You may need to swap around the Date.Month and Date.Day parts of the query.

Phil 


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Thank you Philip for your inputs. 

 

Rellay appreciate it!

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