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Change Date Format

nihou
8 - Asteroid

 

Source Format of YYYYMM

202101
202010
202009

 

Wanted Results Format MMYYYY

012021
102020
092020

 

tried below but did not work: 

DATETIMEFORMAT([Effect Date], "%m%y")

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kelsey_kincaid
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Hi @nihou ,

You'll need to convert your original dates that are formatted as strings to dates before you use your formula. Additionally, you'll want to edit your formula to this:

 

DATETIMEFORMAT([Effect Date], "%m%Y")

 

 

nihou
8 - Asteroid

Thank you @kelsey_kincaid !

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