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Converting Dates with Multiple Formats in the same column

MattR79
8 - Asteroid

Hi All,

 

Is there a way to convert a column of dates where they are in multiple formats in the same column?  Right now am using a date time tool to change the format on dates that are formatted as dd-Mon-yyyy, but in the same column I have dates formatted as dd-MM-yyyy.  It seems as if the tool is removing the dates formatted as 10-01-2021 since I chose the incoming as dd-Mon.-yy.  Also there are cells that will be blank in the incoming file.  Is there a way to convert these columns or do I need to fix this in Excel prior to importing the file?  See below for an example of what I am trying to convert, however there may be as many as four columns which will need to be converted.

 

L/C Orig Effective DateTPS Modifcation Date
30-Jul-201528-Jun-2021
27-08-201810-oct-2020
18-05-2019 
 08-10-2021
 30-07-2021
13-Oct-202113-Oct-2021
02-03-2020 
  
22-Jun-202128-Jul-2021
22-Jun-202128-Jul-2021
13-Oct-202025-May-2021
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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @MattR79 

 

You can formula like below in multifield formula tool.

 

Workflow:

atcodedog05_0-1635270773168.png

 

Hope this helps : )

 

MattR79
8 - Asteroid

I have tried that, however I am still getting conversion errors as shown below.  Unsure as to what I am doing wrong here.

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @MattR79 

 

You need to set the format of the input date format giving parse function info of where is day, month, year. Refer highlighted below.

 

atcodedog05_0-1635314765647.png

 

Provide me the complete sample with available date formats I can build a solution for you.

 

Hope this helps : )

MattR79
8 - Asteroid

See the attached for the raw data I am trying to convert.  From the image it appears that the WF seems to think that somewhere the year is first, yet I can't find that.  I pared the columns down to 1 to try and isolate the error and I don't see the year leading anywhere.  Thanks for your help.

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