Custom Date Import

[AlBud]

Hi all,

My problem is when I format in Power Query my custom date it doesn't format as a date and error's up as the below:

My source file has a custom date format. It's formatted in MSExcel as MMM.

I'm importing this into Power Query, I then unPivot the colums:

And get the below:

I can format the column "Attribute" as a date and get the below error:

 

Any ideas? I don't want to change the format of my source file.

[v-stephen-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @AlBud ,

How about adding a conditional column to convert the number to month name?

It's twelve months in total, so it's not particularly troublesome.

Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

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[Dinesh_Suranga]

@AlBud 

Hi,

As I think the custom format for date in your excel should be "MMM".

Change it to "MMM-yyyy"

then refresh data set.

Thank you