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ComputerHabit
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Helper II

Power BI Date Field shows long format

In transforms I changed a field to a Date type.  Now when using the field in a table it shows a long date format.

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How do I get it to only show the short format?
example:
10/01/2023

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agheraa
Regular Visitor

After data is loaded , you can select that column and use "Column tools" menu and change format as below snipit

 

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agheraa
Regular Visitor

After data is loaded , you can select that column and use "Column tools" menu and change format as below snipit

 

agheraa_0-1727362068637.png

 

It took me a while to notice the buttons on the left side.

lkalawski
Super User
Super User

Hi @ComputerHabit ,

You can adjust the format of the column in the Column Tab settings.

Select column and then in the tab click and select:

lkalawski_0-1727361830659.png

 

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