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CONVERTING STRING (MULTIPLE FORMAT) TO DATE

dunkindonut7777
8 - Asteroid

Hi I would like to ask if how can I convert the unusual date that has a string type of data to date format.

 

Date (String)Expected output (Date)
01-DEC-20202020-12-01
2020-03-182020-03-18
05-MAR-20182018-03-05

 

How can I convert it according to the date format? Thank

3 REPLIES 3
atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @dunkindonut7777 

 

Here is how you can do it.

Workflow:

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Hope this helps : )

 

messi007
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

@dunkindonut7777,

 

Please see below :

 

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Attached the workflow,

Regards,

binu_acs
21 - Polaris

@dunkindonut7777 

 

IIF(!isNull(DateTimeParse([Date (String)],"%d-%b-%Y")), DateTimeParse([Date (String)],"%d-%b-%Y"), DateTimeParse([Date (String)],"%Y-%m-%d"))

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