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I have this from external source:
Fri May 24 13:58:31 2019
Can I convert this to 'normal' datetime in Power BI?
Thanks
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Hi,
I used Column by examples in the Query Editor so solve the problem. Here is the M code generated
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content], #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type text}}), #"Added Custom Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Text.Combine({Text.Middle([Date], 8, 2), Text.Middle([Date], 3, 5), Text.Middle([Date], 20)}), type text), #"Changed Type with Locale" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom Column", {{"Custom", type date}}, "en-IN"), #"Inserted Text Between Delimiters" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type with Locale", "Text Between Delimiters", each Text.BetweenDelimiters([Date], " ", " ", 2, 0), type text), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Inserted Text Between Delimiters",{"Date"}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Text Between Delimiters", "Time"}}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Time", type time}}), #"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type1",{{"Custom", "Date"}}) in #"Renamed Columns1"
Hope this helps.
Hi,
The time stamp is between the date and the year. Are you sure????
Yep. I'd nave not asked about it if it were different.
Hi,
I used Column by examples in the Query Editor so solve the problem. Here is the M code generated
let Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content], #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Date", type text}}), #"Added Custom Column" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Custom", each Text.Combine({Text.Middle([Date], 8, 2), Text.Middle([Date], 3, 5), Text.Middle([Date], 20)}), type text), #"Changed Type with Locale" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Added Custom Column", {{"Custom", type date}}, "en-IN"), #"Inserted Text Between Delimiters" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type with Locale", "Text Between Delimiters", each Text.BetweenDelimiters([Date], " ", " ", 2, 0), type text), #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Inserted Text Between Delimiters",{"Date"}), #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Removed Columns",{{"Text Between Delimiters", "Time"}}), #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Renamed Columns",{{"Time", type time}}), #"Renamed Columns1" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Changed Type1",{{"Custom", "Date"}}) in #"Renamed Columns1"
Hope this helps.