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Challenge #46: Formatting a Date from an Integer

RotesDB
8 - Asteroid
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CliffordC
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Inefficient but it works!

Ioana_Radoveneanu
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rcor
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Marcel_Gavrila
8 - Asteroid

Here's my solution!

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Cumminsj2
7 - Meteor
 
AnnaG
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached

Nmetzgen1
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached

mbogusz
9 - Comet

 

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Tried successfully using the LEFT and RIGHT formulas plus a DateTime tool.  Then wanted to play catch-up with @TaraM's one formula solution and that worked too.  The Help Index was an invaluable resource to see where "%Y%m%d" came from too.

 

rslopez2
8 - Asteroid

Broke the formulas up in pieces as opposed to the original solution:

 

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