converting to dates

[Inactive User]

I am trying to convert dates of the format Jan 1, 2011 via the date time tool

However it is not working. Any reason as to why? It only gives Nulls.

[grazitti_sapna · Accepted solution]

Hi @Inactive User,

In the DateTime tool, you should give the format of the incoming data which in your case is "Mon dd,yyyy" . I see that in your configuration you have given something else.

Once you have given the format of incoming data which matches with your data the DateTime tool will convert it into Alteryx Date Format which is "yyyy-mm-dd" and thus the output would be 2011-01-01. you can also get the output in the format 01-01-2011 but that won't be a Date field but string field as alteryx only accepts "yyyy-mm-dd" as the date field.

I hope it helps.