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YYYMMDD date format

Hello Gurus!

 

I have a field which is a text format date (YYYYMMDD).  When I try to change this to a date format, it rejects it and gives an error.  How can I change this to a standard date format without going overboard with splitting and joining columns.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Paul

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Greg_Deckler
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Column = DATE(LEFT([Column1],4),MID([Column1],5,2),RIGHT([Column1],2))


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kalyan
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New column (DateKey) with below formula worked for me

 

DateKey = FORMAT(Table1[Column1].[Date],"YYYYMMDD") 

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Column = DATE(LEFT([Column1],4),MID([Column1],5,2),RIGHT([Column1],2))


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