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dglsmason
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11 years ago
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Date Display Formats

Using Power BI Desktop to create reports and charts. What is the syntax for displaying dates in specific formats. For example, "01/25/2015" instead of "Monday, January 25, 2015". Etc. Thanks!
  • andre's avatar
    andre
    11 years ago

    click on the time field in your model then you can click on Modeling in the Desktop ribbon and pick the desired date format

     

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Pieter
New Member
9 years ago

This does not hold true for the Power BI browser application. If you change the format to date the date is displayed as d-m-yyyy in the Power BI desktop, but the date is displayed as Monday 1 January 2016 in a graph in your browser. 

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Anonymous
Not applicable
9 years ago

Pieter Do you have a screenshot that includes your visual and fields you are using? The format carries through to the Service with no issues on any visual for my tests.

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    Pieter
    New Member
    9 years ago

    Thanks for the quick reply!

     

    A screenshot, sure. "Week van inschrijving" has the format Date in Power BI desktop. The screenshot is from the webapp.

     

    • Pieter's avatar
      Pieter
      New Member
      9 years ago

      Like this:

       

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        9 years ago

        Pieter Your screen grab shows the "Query Editor" - after you "close & apply", click on "Modeling" in the header. Under the "Formatting" header do you have "Data Type: Date" and a selected format?

        This is the model layer, you need to explicitly define the format there as well.