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Challenge #414: Mastering Date Formats

Luke_C
17 - Castor
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emmaob98
7 - Meteor

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braveraj
10 - Fireball
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Watermark
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Went a little over dynamic/flexible, and created it where could handle any quantity in any order. 

 

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ArisaOkada
8 - Asteroid

Here's my solution!

 

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sergejs_kutkovics
9 - Comet

My try! I nod't like IF formulas :)

Nice challenge, @AntobennetshaJ! Thank you!

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Rob-Silk
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached below:

 

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I tried to keep it as dynamic as possible so split out the date string and format string, then standardise, both before using  them in the DateTimeParse() function

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kelvin_law1
9 - Comet

Here is my solution:

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Chris-Nienart
8 - Asteroid

I don't have context but that '1920' date makes me suspicious whether it was actually supposed to be '2020'.

 

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A table of replacement values can make this workflow more reuseable and readable than data cleansing in a formula tool.A table of replacement values can make this workflow more reuseable and readable than data cleansing in a formula tool.

 

balajilolla2
9 - Comet
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Solution Attached

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