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Anonymous
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Separating Time Stamp

Hello,

 

For my report, I am trying to separate a timestamp.

Time Stamp.PNG

 

I used the following formula Time = FORMAT('Table'[Date Time Stamp], "hh:mm:ss AM/PM") for a new calculated column to produce the time in text format.

 

Text Time.PNG

 

The issue is I need the time in Date/Time or Time format. When I try to convert it gives me the error Cannot convert value '' of type Text to type Date. I am not sure if there is some other way to convert the text format to time or if I am creating the calculated column the wrong way. Thank you for any input. 

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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

I tested the formula you provided, and it worked to set the data type of [Time] column from Text to Time without any error.

1.PNG

 

In your scenario, please try below formula. And set data type to "Time" under Modeling tab.

Time2 = TIMEVALUE(FORMAT('Table'[DateTime Stamp], "hh:mm:ss AM/PM"))

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous,

 

I tested the formula you provided, and it worked to set the data type of [Time] column from Text to Time without any error.

1.PNG

 

In your scenario, please try below formula. And set data type to "Time" under Modeling tab.

Time2 = TIMEVALUE(FORMAT('Table'[DateTime Stamp], "hh:mm:ss AM/PM"))

Regards,

Yuliana Gu

Community Support Team _ Yuliana Gu
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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