Reputation: 81
I'm specifically trying to convert string in Column A : yyyymmdd
to dd/mm/yyyy
date format using Power Query Editor in Power BI. I can already perform this in Excel using the formula below:
Any ideas
Excel
=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))
Upvotes: 6
Views: 90332
Reputation: 1
If you have a date embedded in text, try the following to extract the date from it. e.g. Capability[Source.Name] = CapabilityExtract_06142023.csv
ExtractDate = Date(MID(Capability[Source.Name],23,4),MID(Capability[Source.Name],19,2), MID(Capability[Source.Name],21,2))
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 1
Solution 1 :
Highlight the specific column , and on the Transform tab you can select Detect Data Type.
Solution 2 :
Try to create a new column named [dateFormatted]
and apply the formula as follows:
dateFormatted = Date(Left([date],4),Right(left([date],6),2),right([date],2))
select the new column and change its type to date as follows:
[dateFormatted]
will now be of type date, formatted as: dd Mmm yyyy
Upvotes: 6
Reputation: 416
You can make use of the Date.FromText function.
= Date.ToText( Date.FromText( "20221231" ), "dd/MM/yyyy" )
Upvotes: 4
Reputation: 21
Using insert column from examples, I converted DDMMYYYY
(convert to text) to DD/MM/YYYY
(convert to date) which ended up being this:
= Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "OrganisationStartDate", each Text.Combine({Text.Start([organisation_start_date], 2), "/", Text.Middle([organisation_start_date], 2, 2), "/", Text.Middle([organisation_start_date], 4)}), type text)
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 81
Solved: Highlight column in question, and on the Transform tab, select Detect Data Type. This switches it from String to Whole number. Then alter Data Type to Date. format provided is dd/mm/yyyy. Hope someone else finds this useful
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 60444
Just set the datatype to date.
M-Code although can be done through the GUI
let
Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
#"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(Source,{{"Column1", type date}})
in
#"Changed Type"
Upvotes: 2