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Maddyqc
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Not able to convert text to date

Hi,

 

I am new to Power BI. I am not able to convert text to date. I tried calculated column method, but it requires the text to be in yyyy-mm-dd format, mine is in the other way. I tried in Power query too. Can some one help, please?. Thank you. Convert text to date issues.JPG

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az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Maddyqc 

you were close to aim

 

DATE(
VALUE(RIGHT(cases[Date_report], 4)),
VALUE(LEFT(cases[Date_report], 2)),
VALUE(MID(cases[Date_report], 4, 2))
)

 


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az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Maddyqc 

it depends on regional settings. just replace arguments

DATE(
VALUE(RIGHT(cases[Date_report], 4)),
VALUE(MID(cases[Date_report], 4, 2)),
VALUE(LEFT(cases[Date_report], 2))
)

do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
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az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Maddyqc 

you were close to aim

 

DATE(
VALUE(RIGHT(cases[Date_report], 4)),
VALUE(LEFT(cases[Date_report], 2)),
VALUE(MID(cases[Date_report], 4, 2))
)

 


do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn

Hi @az38,

 

Does the solution to conver text to date works with Live Query Mode.

 

Thanks,

 

Vinod 

Maddyqc
Frequent Visitor

Thank you, Super User II

Hi Super User II,

 

I still have a problem with it. Instead of taking the first two as date, it is considered as month (March). It is May 5th, instead of March 5th.Month in place of date.JPGHow do we switch it?

az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

@Maddyqc 

it depends on regional settings. just replace arguments

DATE(
VALUE(RIGHT(cases[Date_report], 4)),
VALUE(MID(cases[Date_report], 4, 2)),
VALUE(LEFT(cases[Date_report], 2))
)

do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn
Maddyqc
Frequent Visitor

It worked, Thank  you az38-super user II.

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