Transform text to datetime

[lunchbox]

I have a ADE function which PowerBI calls that returns a couple of columns, one of which is ingestTime.  When I go to transform the data from a text value to 'DateTime' it throws an error: Expression.Error: We cannot convert the value "09/23/2020 11:05:10 ..." to type DateTimeZone.  I have confirmed that the date is formatted as such: '09/23/2020 11:05:10 PM'.  I'm not selecting DateTimeZone so I don't know why it is even throwing this error.

ADE Function (generally): Table | project Column1, Column2, format_datetime(ingestTime, 'MM/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss tt')

[v-xuding-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @lunchbox ,

Please change the format to "MM/dd/yyyy h:mm:ss AM/PM" to have a try. You also could use custom format in Model view like below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/desktop-custom-format-strings

[FrankAT]

Hi @lunchbox 

may be you can change data type with locale in Power Query (see figure):

With kind regards from the town where the legend of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin' is at home
FrankAT (Proud to be a Datanaut)