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LarissaM711
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Sep 12, 2023
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Reformatting and change the order of date

Hello, i recieved a excel that used to be a csv, so this export does not give me a date format that I can use for my reporting AND the file contain dates in different formats. I see some of them a...
  • BA_Max's avatar
    BA_Max
    Sep 14, 2023

    LarissaM711 as this is a Locale issue, you need to process the date/time as a US type date (that's what it looks like).

     

    Try adding this step in after the initial loading of the data into Power Query:

    = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Changed Type", {{"Veröffentlichungszeit", type datetime}}, "en-US")

     

    This can be done through the editor by clicking the following:

    (using Locale)

     

    Date/Time & English (US)

     

    Hope that helps!

     

     

     

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