Alteryx Date MMDDYYYY

Question

Hello,

I'm new in Alteryx and I'm trying to figure out how to convert the date mm/dd/yyyy format to an Alteryx accepted format since result will always appear as "NULL" even after I change Type to Date.  Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Ryan Esmalin

Alteryx Date QQ.xlsx

jrgo · Accepted Answer

You can use the DateTime tools under the Parse tool category. Or you can use the conversion function DateTimeParse() to convert.

DATETIMEPARSE([STR-DATE], '%m/%d/%Y')

JosephSerpis · Accepted Answer

Hi @rjesus1925 you will need to use the Datetime tool or a formula tool using the Datetimeparse formula with both of these tools you need specify the format of your dates in order to parse correctly.

rjesus1925 · Accepted Answer

I appreciate all the help however I encountered another issue along the way.  I wanted to convert the date (yyyy-mm-dd)into month using mm-yyyy format to match the other file that I will need to merge/combine.  Tried some research and got no luck.  I hope someone can help ^_^

rjesus1925 · Accepted Answer

Kindly ignore as I already found the solution...  ^_^

dwstada · Accepted Answer

check out this link for anything datetime related DateTime Functions (alteryx.com)

to get a mm-yyyy format, you will need to select in the DateTime tool "Date/Time format to string", select a custom format and type MM-yyyy.

in a formula tool you would need the formula "DateTimeFormat([Fieldwithdate],"%m-%Y")"