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primolee
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Helper V

date format retrieved from Google Sheet

Hello everyone,

 

I am retrieving data from Google Sheet and the date format is MM/DD/YYYY.

 

However, Power Query got some date in the wrong format right in the beginning when expanding the table.

 

Original:

09/30/2021

10/01/2021

10/02/2021

.......

10/10/2021

10/11/2021

10/12/2021

10/13/2021

 

But Power Query makes it like:

09/30/2021

1/10/2021

2/10/2021

.......

10/10/2021

11/10/2021

12/10/2021

10/13/2021

 

Only dates between 2021/10/1 and 2021/10/12 are formatted wrong, and become correct on the 13th maybe because there is no 13th month.

 

Because this happens right in the beginning when expanding the sheet, I cannot fix it through changing data format.

 

Is there a smart way of fixing it?  Thank you!

 

Best regards,

David

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v-yingjl
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @primolee ,

You can try to use Using Locale to change the date format to en-US to modify:

= Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type", {{"Soak Start Date", type date}}, "en-US")

vyingjl_0-1634866153465.png

 

Best Regards,
Community Support Team _ Yingjie 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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Syndicate_Admin
Administrator
Administrator

Hi @primolee ,

You can try to use Using Locale to change the date format to en-US to modify:

= Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type", {{"Soak Start Date", type date}}, "en-US")

vyingjl_0-1634866153465.png

 

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

 

v-yingjl
Community Support
Community Support

Hi @primolee ,

You can try to use Using Locale to change the date format to en-US to modify:

= Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type", {{"Soak Start Date", type date}}, "en-US")

vyingjl_0-1634866153465.png

 

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

 

lbendlin
Super User
Super User

what's the column format at tha source? Can you influence that?  Can you use ISO8601 dates instead?

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