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k1s2
Helper I
2 years ago
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Error converting data type to date but not if converting data type to datetime first

I have data in a column detected as text like this 18/05/2021 15:15:33    If I try to transform it to date, PowerBI throws an error 'couldn't parse the input as a Date value'   If I try to transf...
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    AlienSx
    2 years ago
    let
        Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMrTQNzDVNzIwMlQwNLUCImNjpdhYAA==", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [data = _t]),
        to_date = Table.TransformColumns(Source, {"data", each Date.From(DateTime.From(_, "de-DE"))})
    in
        to_date