Replace Today or Yesterday with today or yesterdays date

[PPStar]

Hello

I have the following table

Current, i am unable to change the data type of the column to DateTime, as the value with Today or Yesterday are not recognised as date. 

How can i replace the word Today with Today Date and yesterday with Yesterday's date. 

So i can change the data type to DateTime?

Thanks

[mh2587]

= if Text.Contains([YourColumnName], "Today") then DateTime.ToText(DateTime.LocalNow(), "yyyy-MM-dd")
  else if Text.Contains([YourColumnName], "Yesterday") then DateTime.ToText(DateTime.From(DateTime.LocalNow() - #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)), "yyyy-MM-dd")
  else [YourColumnName]

[PPStar]

Hello, this almost works. 

The only issue is the time. I thikn using the dd/MM/yyyy HH:MM:ss shows todays date and todays time, but i need it to show the time on the table

E.g if you look at the 2nd row, it says Today, 07:00 . So the new column shows it as 20/11/2023 12:11:11, where 12:11:11 is the Hour, Minute Second NOW. 

Any ideas?

Thanks

[v-yiruan-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @PPStar ,

You can make a little adjustment base on the reply from @mh2587 ,please find details in the attachment.

=if Text.Contains([Start time], "Today") then
  DateTime.ToText(DateTime.LocalNow(), "yyyy-MM-dd") & Text.AfterDelimiter([Start time], ",")
else if Text.Contains([Start time], "Yesterday") then
  DateTime.ToText(DateTime.From(DateTime.LocalNow() - #duration(1, 0, 0, 0)), "yyyy-MM-dd")
    & Text.AfterDelimiter([Start time], ",")
else
  [Start time]

Best Regards