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Convert Data Type from Text to Date and into a Different Date Format
Coming back to this, I realize the function I proposed is not the right one. Date.ToText assumes your values are already Date type, but yours are text.
Did you say some of your values are in general format vs date? Does that mean you input table looks like the column on the left (dates stored as integers and date formats).
If so, you can use a formula like this to convert each type differently. We may now be beyone the more elegant solution you initially requested, but I will share this anyway in case it helps.
= if Text.Contains([Date], "/") then Date.ToText(Date.FromText([Date]), "dd/MM/yyyy") else Date.ToText(Date.AddDays(#date(1899,12,31), Number.FromText([Date])-1), "dd/MM/yyyy")
The above is an added custom column, and you should be able to convert it to Date in the following step.
If this works for you, please mark it as the solution. Kudos are appreciated too. Please let me know if not.
Regards,
Pat
Hello mahoneypat
Thank you for your solution.
Can you please share more detials about how to convert text like row no. 2 and 4 into date?
The integer version of dates are relative to that starting date, so for those rows (those that don't have "/"), the expression adds that many days to it (-1).
Pat