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Helper I

4 years ago

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Multiple date formats in column

Good day - my first post on the Forum! :)- I'm reading from an Excel file, and the format of the date column is either 2021/11/08, or March '22 (in this case, it can default to 2022/11/01). I su...

Vijay_A_Verma
4 years ago
Leave everything, in a custom column put this. That's it.
= Date.From(if Text.Contains(Text.From([Live date]),"'") then "1"&Text.Replace([Live date],"'","") else [Live date])
If you want to convert this column to a date, select column - Transform tab - Detect data type

Anonymous

Not applicable

4 years ago

Have you tried selecting the column and clicking Parse Date under the Transform-Date option? Or a custom column using Date.FromText?

--Nate