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Challenge #34: Date-Time Formatting

dbAlfa
8 - Asteroid

Attached my solution, my macro.

jennifer_owens
8 - Asteroid

Had some fun and built three different Macros using different approaches to get the formatting (0 padding) correct!

rachel_lynch
Alteryx
Alteryx
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Rachel Lynch
e_d_g
7 - Meteor

solution

RodrigoAzul2023
5 - Atom

Used the RegEx in Parse mode to break down the String in Month, Day, Year, Hour and Minute and the a formula tool with a ToDateTime formula to convert a  concatenation in the correct format and done. Used my old trick of puting leading zeros that I use since Excel 97 (eg. Right("0000"+Day,2) LOL 

 

 

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Towers
11 - Bolide

fun one!,

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mithily
8 - Asteroid
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a simple macro need to know the date specifiers
lwolfie
11 - Bolide

This may have been harder before the date-time tool was created.

H_a_n_g_C_h_e_n__x3
8 - Asteroid

A breath of fresh air

GabrielaTudor
8 - Asteroid
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