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k1s2
2 years agoHelper I
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...
- 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
k1s2
2 years agoHelper I
Thanks for your reply, but I'm not sure where that goes,
Currently I have something like:
= Table.TransformcolumnTypes(Source,{{"This Date", type datetime},{"That Date", type datetime}})Does what you are suggesting required a new column?