Forum Discussion

PhilC's avatar
PhilC
Resolver I
6 years ago
Solved

Convert Date to specific text format without creating new column

Hi,   I would find the syntax to convert an existing Date column into text, in the "dd/MM/yyyy" format, but do within the column, not by adding a new column.  Using Date.ToText([Start Date], "dd/MM...
Need Help
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    6 years ago

    PQ is very sensitive to Date versus DateTime. Sometimes i have to convert to a DateTime. Below is some sample code.

    Regards,

    Mike

     

    let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    #"Extracted Date" = Table.TransformColumns(Source,{{"myDate", each Date.ToText(Date.From(_),"dd/MM/yyyy") , type text}})
in
    #"Extracted Date"
Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
3 years ago

let
Source = let StandardDate = (dateColumn as text,DateSchema as text) =>
let

MyDelimiter = Text.Range(DateSchema,Text.PositionOfAny(DateSchema,{"/","-",".","\","_"}),1),
DateList = Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(MyDelimiter, QuoteStyle.None)(dateColumn),
SchemaList = Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter(MyDelimiter, QuoteStyle.None)(DateSchema),
TableDate = Table.FromColumns({DateList,SchemaList}),
myDay = "0" & Text.From(Table.SelectRows(TableDate,each Text.Upper(Text.Range([Column2],0,1)) = "D" )[Column1]{0}),
myDD = Text.Range(myDay,Text.Length(myDay)-2,2),
MyMonth= "0" & Text.From(Table.SelectRows(TableDate,each Text.Upper(Text.Range([Column2],0,1)) = "M" )[Column1]{0}),
myMM = Text.Range(MyMonth,Text.Length(MyMonth)-2,2),
myYear= "20" & Text.From(Table.SelectRows(TableDate,each Text.Upper(Text.Range([Column2],0,1)) = "Y" )[Column1]{0}),
myYYYY = Text.Range(myYear,Text.Length(myYear)-4,4),
DateByParts = myYYYY & "-" & myMM & "-" & myDD,
DateCleaned = Date.FromText(DateByParts)
in DateCleaned
in StandardDate
in
Source