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[hongho2]

Hi,

I have a date field that needs to be converted to nvarchar. In Power Query, I select the field and change the date type to text. How can I ensure that the time is not displayed from the field?

I also using this sytax to convert to txt field without showing time, but it didnt' work.

Text.From([#"Backlog[Order Date]"],"YYYY-MM-DD")

[hongho2]

thank you very much !

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @hongho2 ,

Please have a try.

One way is to use the DateTime.ToText function, which returns a textual representation of a datetime value. You can specify the format and the culture of the output as optional parameters.

= Table.TransformColumns(#“Previous Step”, {{“Date”, each DateTime.ToText(_, “MMM d yyyy”), type text}})

This will transform the column “Date” from datetime to text, using the format “MMM d yyyy”.

DateTime.ToText - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Learn

Another way is to use the Date.ToText function, which returns a textual representation of a date value. This function is similar to DateTime.ToText, but it only works with date values, not datetime values.

= Table.TransformColumns(#“Previous Step”, {{“Date”, each Date.ToText(_, “dd MMM yyyy”), type text}})

This will transform the column “Date” from date to text, using the format “dd MMM yyyy”.

Date.ToText - PowerQuery M | Microsoft Learn

A third way is to use the Text.From function, which returns a textual representation of any value.

= Table.TransformColumns(#“Previous Step”, {{“Date”, each Text.From(_), type text}})

This will transform the column “Date” from any type to text, using the default format. 

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[Ahmedx]

pls try this

= Date.ToText(Date.From([Order Date]))