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Challenge #21: Date Reformatting

AshwiniChezhiyan
7 - Meteor

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Steven_Pocoroba2
8 - Asteroid

See that some of the earlier solutions used a complex formula matching, I think a tile tool works well + a table

KatyP
7 - Meteor

Here is my solution. I notice that the posted solution also has a very very long if statement for the months. I took the same approach but I'm wondering if there is a simpler way? 

 

 

mbonora
7 - Meteor

My solution.

 

calampert
7 - Meteor

My solution:

Sajeel_Kershi
8 - Asteroid
 
JoeS
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

I went with 2 multi-row formulas as many others did.

 

Ended up with slightly different syntax, but similar effect.

 

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johnemery
11 - Bolide

I spent some time looking for a function similar to Excel's TEXT to convert the "J, F, M..." to "Jan, Feb, Mar, ..." but eventually settled on a lengthy IF statement, which seems to be the common strategy. Some of the other solutions are interesting, and good examples of other ways to think about the problem.

 

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DavidThorpe
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

My solution:

 

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Used RegEx parse to split the Date on (.)(.*), filled rows, tiled and used a lookup table to generate Month strings 
DavidThorpe
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

My solution:

 

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Used RegEx parse to split the Date on (.)(.*), filled rows, tiled and used a lookup table to generate Month strings