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Orstenpowers
Post Patron
6 years ago
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Text date into real date???

Good Morning everybody,

 

The below, highlighted date column is formatted as text. When trying to change the format into date, I got the error message that this cannot be done automatically!?

What do I need to do? Hopefully someone out there that can help me!? Looking forward to your ideas I remain

 

 

I guess it is an easy one, but I don't get it.

Need Help
  • v-frfei-msft's avatar
    v-frfei-msft
    6 years ago

    Hi Orstenpowers ,

     

    Here we go:

    year = var year = RIGHT('Table'[Order Date],4)
var month =MID('Table'[Order Date],4,2)
var day =LEFT('Table'[Order Date],2)
return
date(year,month,day)

    Pbix as attached.

     

6 Replies

  • amitchandak's avatar
    amitchandak
    Super User
    6 years ago

    Create a new date column like

    New order date = mid(Table[Order Date],4,2) &"/"& left(Table[Order Date],2) & "/" & right(Table[Order Date],4)

    • Orstenpowers's avatar
      Orstenpowers
      Post Patron
      6 years ago

      amitchandak  Thank you!
      However, it did not work. The result was a text formatted column and when I tried to change this to "Date" format, the whole column stated "error"!? 

      • amitchandak's avatar
        amitchandak
        Super User
        6 years ago

        Orstenpowers 

        Check the first three column giving correct values, if note share date for which it is not doing. If yes, then try the fourth one

         

        year =right(Table[Order Date],4)
        month =mid(Table[Order Date],4,2)
        day =left(Table[Order Date],2)
        new date =date(right(Table[Order Date],4),mid(Table[Order Date],4,2) ,left(Table[Order Date],2))

  • v-frfei-msft's avatar
    v-frfei-msft
    Community Support
    6 years ago

    Hi Orstenpowers ,

     

    Here we go:

    year = var year = RIGHT('Table'[Order Date],4)
var month =MID('Table'[Order Date],4,2)
var day =LEFT('Table'[Order Date],2)
return
date(year,month,day)

    Pbix as attached.

     

  • Ashish_Mathur's avatar
    Ashish_Mathur
    Super User
    6 years ago

    Hi,

    In the Query Editor, selecting date works just fine for me.  See these screenshots