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Anonymous
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DataFormat error when trying to parse date

I have a csv with dates in format MMM-YY and Power BI is unabe to read the file

eg

Date

Mar-99

Apr-12

 

Is there a way to read this csv ?

 

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v-lid-msft
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Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

We can use the following steps to convert this column from text to date

  1. Open the Power Query Editor.
  2. Right-click the column that we want to change type. Select change Type and using locale.
 

 

  1. Date type is Date and locale is English(World).
 

32.png

 

  1. Then we can get the result like this,
 

33.png


Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-lid-msft
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @Anonymous ,

 

We can use the following steps to convert this column from text to date

  1. Open the Power Query Editor.
  2. Right-click the column that we want to change type. Select change Type and using locale.
 

 

  1. Date type is Date and locale is English(World).
 

32.png

 

  1. Then we can get the result like this,
 

33.png


Best regards,

Community Support Team _ Dong Li
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Anonymous
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Thanks for this it worked perfectly

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