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Query Editor & POwer BI Date Transformation

I have 3 date columns, Order Start Date, Order End Date and Week (which is how the performance data is aggregated).  Within the Query Editor, I can change Order Start Date, and Order End Date to a da...
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    9 years ago

    Hi Anonymous,

     

    If I understand correctly, you want to set the data type of column [Week] to Date, and display date range in format '12/6/15 - 12/12/15', right? But this is not a supported date format, it will be considered as string. That is why you got the error when you attempt to convert it to date. 

     

    Below image shows all the date formats which are supported now:

     

    Best regards,
    Yuliana Gu

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9 years ago

Hi Anonymous,

 

If I understand correctly, you want to set the data type of column [Week] to Date, and display date range in format '12/6/15 - 12/12/15', right? But this is not a supported date format, it will be considered as string. That is why you got the error when you attempt to convert it to date. 

 

Below image shows all the date formats which are supported now:

 

Best regards,
Yuliana Gu