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Extracting Date from text column

Hi ,

I need help for creating a Date Column.

I have a text column having MMDDYY in it. I need to create a Date Column in Query Editor. The reason for doing in query editor is becasue as next step I need to calculate difference (# of days) between this and another date coloumn.

 

I have been able to split the text but upon merging it, I get this error. I also tried by changing Locale, but did not help on error.

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Thanks In Advance for help.

 

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edhans
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You cannot use en-US for your culture code. Your date provided in that error is 13/2/2021. That is the 13th month. You probably want something like en-GB, but you can see a full list of culture codes here. [MS-LCID]: Appendix A: Product Behavior | Microsoft Docs



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edhans
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You cannot use en-US for your culture code. Your date provided in that error is 13/2/2021. That is the 13th month. You probably want something like en-GB, but you can see a full list of culture codes here. [MS-LCID]: Appendix A: Product Behavior | Microsoft Docs



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