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Concert duration to format DD HH MM SS

Hello I'm new to Power BI and I would like to know if there is a way to convert in the Power Query editor the time format DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM:SS to a more readable format like DD HH:MM:SS?  
Thank you in advance

  • Hi Anonymous , 

    You could try below M code to see whether it work or not(because there is no time format like  DD hh:mm:ss ,this will convert it to text instead of time)

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjIwMtA31DdUMDSyMjKwMjRVitWBihrrmyoYGloZGAARQtRSH6gkFgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [date = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"date", type datetime}}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each DateTime.ToText([date], "dd HH:mm:ss"))
    in
        #"Added Custom"

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Zoe Zhi

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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    Hi Anonymous , 

    You could try below M code to see whether it work or not(because there is no time format like  DD hh:mm:ss ,this will convert it to text instead of time)

    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjIwMtA31DdUMDSyMjKwMjRVitWBihrrmyoYGloZGAARQtRSH6gkFgA=", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [date = _t]),
        #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"date", type datetime}}),
        #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each DateTime.ToText([date], "dd HH:mm:ss"))
    in
        #"Added Custom"

     

     

    Best Regards,
    Zoe Zhi

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.