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BrunoMendes
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Date Format

Hello,

 

I am trying to keep the date on my Report in Brazil's format (DD/MM/YYYY), but i don't know why it keeps changing to MM/DD/YYYY.

 

I have verified every Region Configuration and they are all to Brazil.

 

At first it stays on Brazil's format but after a while changes to MM/DD/YYYY.

 

Does anyone have solution for this? Is this related to the programmed update of the data?

 

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otravers
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Not sure how you're handling your dates or whether you're talking about implicit or explicit measures, so it's hard to say. Here are a few things that may help you:

 

- Apply a locale when you're ingesting date columns in Power Query. Typically you'd do this in your date dimension table.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/set-a-locale-or-region-for-data-power-query-d42b9390-1fff...

 

- Use the FORMAT DAX formula to enforce exact date rendering:

https://dax.guide/format/

 

- Use the column formatting options from the modelling view.

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Tutu_in_YYC
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In addition to what @otravers mentioned, date format is also affected by your browser's (Chrome/Edge/Safari/Opera) regional/language settings. So you might have to configure that.

otravers
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Community Champion

Not sure how you're handling your dates or whether you're talking about implicit or explicit measures, so it's hard to say. Here are a few things that may help you:

 

- Apply a locale when you're ingesting date columns in Power Query. Typically you'd do this in your date dimension table.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/set-a-locale-or-region-for-data-power-query-d42b9390-1fff...

 

- Use the FORMAT DAX formula to enforce exact date rendering:

https://dax.guide/format/

 

- Use the column formatting options from the modelling view.

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1. How to get your question answered quickly - good questions get good answers!
2. Learning how to fish > being spoon-fed without active thinking.
3. Please accept as a solution posts that resolve your questions.
------------------------------------------------
BI Blog: Datamarts | RLS/OLS | Dev Tools | Languages | Aggregations | XMLA/APIs | Field Parameters | Custom Visuals

The third option (Use the column formatting options from the modelling view) worked.

 

Thank you!

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