DataFormat.Error: We couldn't parse the input provided as a DateTime value.

[Anonymous]

I have tried some new tricks and played around my datasets. Somehow, I got this error message " DataFormat.Error: We couldn't parse the input provided as a DateTime value." 

I have tried a. changed regional setting (on local computer and power bi)- US; b. change the column data type to text-clean-trim and then convert to use locale.

However, I am not able to convert to datetime data type (mm/dd/yyyy). Any ideas what might have gone wrong? 

Thanks. 

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone! I could not figure it out last night. I was on a tight deadline so I replaced the datasource with a new csv file. I am not sure if it may have something to do with my office desktop setting that automatically converts the data type into timestamp and scientific notation? 

[Ashish_Mathur]

Hi,

You should first remove the time stamp from those cells and then convert that column into Date.

[parry2k]

@Anonymous is this date/time or date or time only value column? Can you share the raw data instead of showing the error?

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