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anelliaf
6 years agoHelper II
Json Timestamp to Date
Hi, I parsed a JSON file into a few columns in Power BI. I have a column called 'CreationTime' that seems to be a timestamp field, i.e.: 2019-09-27T15:53:14 I'd like to break this down i...
- 6 years ago
Hi anelliaf
Please change it to "datetime" type.
select "column1", then add column-> date only,
select "date", then add column-> year/month,,,ect
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MaggieCommunity Support Team _ Maggie Li
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parry2k
6 years agoSuper User
anelliaf you can change it to date/time by clicking the column header and then add another step to change it to date. You can also add custom column and datetimezone function to get date from it.
anelliaf
6 years agoHelper II
When I go to Model, click on the column 'CreationTime', and in the Properties page I choose Date under DataType I receive the following message:
We can't automatically convert the column to Date type.
- v-juanli-msft6 years agoCommunity Support
Hi anelliaf
Please change it to "datetime" type.
select "column1", then add column-> date only,
select "date", then add column-> year/month,,,ect
Best Regards
MaggieCommunity Support Team _ Maggie Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.