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Filter date column with 2 different formats

ShantanuDagar
8 - Asteroid

Hello,

 

I have a date column with dates in 2 different formats. They both can be simultaneously be present in 1 input dataset or might be present 1 at a time. There is also null values possibility.

 

The date formats or values are: 

 

16-MAY-12

2015-07-22

2023-04-21

[Null]

 

For the condition based on requirements I used the filter:

(DateTimeDiff(DateTimeNow(),[Date],"months") >= 6 OR IsNull([Date]))

 

And this was working pretty well when only 2nd, 3rd, and 4th types were present (yyyy-mm-dd and [Null]) but now with presence of types like 16-MAY-12 those values aren't filtering in.

2 REPLIES 2
dwstada
11 - Bolide

the obvious answer is to clean up your date column so you only have one format.

 

If you can't/don't want to change that column, create a new one with correct formatting and filter on this, then remove it afterwards

binuacs
21 - Polaris

@ShantanuDagar You need to convert the date in to ISO format and appy the filter

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