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Replacing a column with today's date with a formula

Axis
7 - Meteor

Hi all, 

 

I'm quite new with Alteryx and I have a basic question but I can't find the answer on internet. 

It should be quite simple but I'm blocking. 

 

I have a column with various data in it : differentes dates, blanks, etc. 

 

I want to replace all the values in that column with today's date in that format : dd/mm/yyyy
I want to do this preferably with a formula. 

I tried many different formulas but I receive always an error. 

 

Thanks a lot for your help. 

 

Best regards.

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Emil_Kos
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @Axis,

 

The answer to your problem is DateTimeToday formula.

 

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and the output:

 

Emil_Kos_1-1604324828342.png

 

 

Please mark my post as a solution if this is useful for you!

 

Good luck!

 

JosephSerpis
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @Axis I mocked up a workflow that formats that date in the format : dd/mm/yyyy

Axis
7 - Meteor

Hi, 

Thanks for the quick help! 

My error was to put an "=" at the begining of the formula... 😁 
Excel habits... 

Have a nice day!

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