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Challenge #46: Formatting a Date from an Integer

amitsrivastava
6 - Meteoroid

My solution for this challenge.

RoDO
8 - Asteroid

My solution

 

Spoiler
FORMULA:
DateTimeParse(
IF Left([date], 1) = '1'
THEN '20' ELSE '19' ENDIF
+ Right([date], 6),
'%Y%m%d')

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sgrabish1
8 - Asteroid

Done!

myouree
8 - Asteroid

My solution

Hezabel
6 - Meteoroid

 

I chose to sort out the year, then deal with the format in one go.  I like the single formula route - very slick!

JamesFo
8 - Asteroid
 
Christoph_Ebersbach
8 - Asteroid

Solved

sarahjohnson
8 - Asteroid
Spoiler
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Hitch
8 - Asteroid

Here's my attempt

apabonok
8 - Asteroid

This is my solution:

 

Evalute 1st digit and concatenate 19 or 20 (according to rule) to the rest of string. Then, parse to date.