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Convert Strings to Dates when rows have Different Formats

rtdavis
7 - Meteor

I'm importing a text file and just noticed when I tried to convert a text column to date that the string values are in different formats.  Any suggestions on how I convert each row to a date?

 

Here is a sample of the date:

 

Row ID   Date (string value)       String Format
1             7/1/2019 9:09:28 PM      MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS
2             01-07-2019 17:50:49      DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS

 

Thank you - Randy

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BenMoss
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

There is a great tool on the Alteryx Gallery called the 'BB Date' tool, which tries to automatically detect the different dates that you may have in a single column and change them as such.

 

The macro can be found at the below link...

 

https://gallery.alteryx.com/#!app/BB-Date-Tool/5c0093d08a93370cb83db501

 

Ben

rtdavis
7 - Meteor

Wow that worked perfectly.  Awesome.  Thanks Ben!!

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