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Covert invalid data from excel to numbers such as 01/02/4407

LoisQ
6 - Meteoroid

Hello Community,

 

How to convert invalid excel dates to numbers in Alteryx?

 

Examples:

01/02/4407
03/12/4404
04/12/4404
14/11/4400
27/01/4407

 

I found posts on this topic but only works on valid data ranges such as 01-01-2018:

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/How-to-convert-the-Excel-numerical-dat...

 

You help is much appreciated. 

 

Many thanks,

Lois 

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LoisQ
6 - Meteoroid

I think I have resolved this myself.. 

 

The post I was referring to had this formula DateTimeDiff([Date],'1900-01-01','days')+2

 

I tried to change the '1900-01-01' to '01/01/1990' because my date format is 01/02/4407 but it doesn't work.

 

I regex replaced '01/02/4407' to '4407-01-01' then it worked with the formula. 

 

 

I'm wondering is there a formula to convert '01/02/4407' with one less step converting it to ''4407-01-01' first? 

 

Lois

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