Skip to main content
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Get Fabric Certified for FREE during Fabric Data Days. Don't miss your chance! Request now

Reply
agranaas
Frequent Visitor

Dataflow date format is different in Power BI and Power Apps

Hi,

The date format in dataflows is behaving differend in Power BI Dataflows and Power Apps Dataflows, and it does not seem to bother at all about the locale set in the transformation.

 

The input for these two queries are yyyymmdd:

 

agranaas_2-1667566224238.png

 

In Power BI Dataflow this is the result - dates are formatted as mm/dd/yyyy

agranaas_1-1667566197308.png

 

In Powerapps Dataflow the dates are formatted as dd/mm/yyyy:

agranaas_4-1667567136821.png

 

 

None of the transformations seems to bother about the "Change column type with locale" "nb-NO" which should have displayed the dates as 31.12.2022 and 01.01.2023.

 

Im using the same browser in both cases here. 

OS language is UK English.

Browser language is set to UK English.

Power Query Project options are both set to use locale "Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)"

 

Please fix this Microsoft! This is really annoying.

 

Power Query script if you want to give it a try..

let
  Source = Table.FromRows(Json.Document(Binary.Decompress(Binary.FromText("i45WMjIwMjI0MjZUitUBc4wNDA2AnFgA", BinaryEncoding.Base64), Compression.Deflate)), let _t = ((type nullable text) meta [Serialized.Text = true]) in type table [dateint = _t]),
  #"Changed column type with locale" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source, {{"dateint", type date}}, "nb-NO")
in
  #"Changed column type with locale"

 

 

2 REPLIES 2
agranaas
Frequent Visitor

Hi @v-jialluo-msft 

Power Query / dataflow must use locale when we use it in the code. The case you are referring to is not a solution to the problem.

v-jialluo-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @agranaas ,

 

Here's a similar case, see if it helps your question
Solved: Analytical dataflow Date format error - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

 

Best Regards,

Gallen Luo

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

Helpful resources

Announcements
Fabric Data Days Carousel

Fabric Data Days

Advance your Data & AI career with 50 days of live learning, contests, hands-on challenges, study groups & certifications and more!

October Power BI Update Carousel

Power BI Monthly Update - October 2025

Check out the October 2025 Power BI update to learn about new features.

FabCon Atlanta 2026 carousel

FabCon Atlanta 2026

Join us at FabCon Atlanta, March 16-20, for the ultimate Fabric, Power BI, AI and SQL community-led event. Save $200 with code FABCOMM.