General Data Type

[Anonymous]

Hi 

I have a spreadsheet with multiple fields with data type General which contains strings and dates. In power BI, I would like to create a new column with status when comparing two different fields only with date values. Is there a way I can convert the general data type to the date field and compare it with another date field along with status?

Thanks

[artemus · Accepted solution]

Add a new column with:

= try Date.FromText([DateColumn], [Format = "MM/dd/yyyy", Culture = "en-us"}) otherwise null

Replace [DateColumn]. "MM/dd/yyy", "en-us" as appropiate for your column, date format and locale.