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sam_nik12345
Helper II
Helper II

date error

my data looks like below:

monthvalue
jan'181
feb'181
mar'181
apr'181

 

Here monh column is in text type and when I try to change to date type, I get all errors. How do I fix this?

Kinldy help.

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@sam_nik12345 ,  Try the other option suggested

Column = DATEVALUE("01-"& left([month],3) & "-" & RIGHT([month],2) )

 

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amitchandak
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@sam_nik12345 , I would prefer to create a date column  like

 

DATEVALUE("01 " &[Month])

or

DATEVALUE("01-" &left([Month],3) & "-"& right([month],2))

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Hi @amitchandak 

 

I am getting error while creating a custom column with the formula-

 

DATEVALUE("01 " &[Month])

@sam_nik12345 ,  Try the other option suggested

Column = DATEVALUE("01-"& left([month],3) & "-" & RIGHT([month],2) )

 

amitchandak_0-1641455419770.png

 

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@amitchandak 

The other table is as below, on which I am getting error with this formula. week column format is text type. Kinldy help.

weekvalue
3-Apr-181
10-Apr-181
17-Apr-181
24-Apr-181

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