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denho
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Unix Timestamp conversation results in wrong value

Hi,

 

i have converted a column with the formula:

denho_0-1718094512539.png

The source column is a number format and has different values:

denho_1-1718094557400.png

 

The result is always the wrong and same value:

denho_2-1718094724865.png

 

How can i fix it?

 

Thanks in advance

 

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denho
Frequent Visitor

Hi,

 

is this maybe a bug in the power bi desktop software?

Anonymous
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Hi @amitchandak ,

Thanks for the quick response.

Hi @denho ,

Please have a try.

let
    Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjQ3NLTUMzIyMTBQitUB842AfAtzUxNUvoWhUmwsAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [Column1 = _t]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type number}}),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type",{{"Column1", type datetime}})
in
    #"Changed Type1"

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Hi,

i tried you code and got excact the same values, but it didnt fix my issue.

denho_0-1718169260949.png

 

I still get th wrong results.

denho_1-1718169292731.png

 

i have attached an example file...

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvOFLEsZBfitlME_S-LhwFUm4Kqufg?e=TaNDgE

 

Thanks

denho
Frequent Visitor

Thanks for your help, but thats what i have already have done.

 

Any row has still the same value 1/20/1970 regardless of the value of the source column

amitchandak
Super User
Super User

@denho , refer if these 2 can help

https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Desktop/Converting-UNIX-time-to-Date-in-PowerBI-for-Deskto...

https://whatthefact.bi/power-bi/dax/convert-unix-timestamp-to-date-or-datetime-format-in-power-bi/

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