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Challenge #46: Formatting a Date from an Integer

bold3d
8 - Asteroid

my solution, Formula tool  - conditional

SmitaLohande
9 - Comet

My Solution!!

padraigfmac
7 - Meteor
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mjgrant
6 - Meteoroid

Robust solution using the string length to define the date string length instead of hard coding the length to 6. Used datetime tool to convert string to date.

tip77
7 - Meteor

Wow - after looking at the solution, I realized mine is much less elegant! :|

Hatchetman
7 - Meteor

Provided two different solutions, an efficient (one tool) option, and a less efficient, but probably easier to follow and audit multi-tool method.

Megan_HCC
7 - Meteor

:)

AxelMarchand
7 - Meteor

done

mnikolaeva
7 - Meteor

Here's my first Weekly Challenge solution ⤵️

 

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Oussaio
7 - Meteor

My Solution

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