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CONVERSION OF DATE

dunkindonut7777
8 - Asteroid

Hi I would like to ask if how can I easily transform or convert the date field which combines both "date and string" type of data. 

 

Date:                               Expected Output:

 

02 05 2020                      2020-02-05

03 12 2020                      2020-03-12

2020-01-27                     2020-01-27

2020-07-14                     2020-07-14

 

Can you help me with this one pls. Thank you

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @dunkindonut7777 

 

You can use formula like below

 

IF Contains([Date], " ")
THEN DateTimeParse([Date],"%m %d %Y")
ELSE DateTimeParse([Date],"%Y-%m-%d") ENDIF

 

Workflow:

atcodedog05_0-1628591364968.png

 

Hope this helps : )

 

dunkindonut7777
8 - Asteroid

Thank you for this. I would just like to add if how can I replace the "/" sign in the date figure, from 04/20/2020 to 04 20 2020?

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @dunkindonut7777 

 

To answer this question to can replace() within contain like below.

IF Contains(Replace([Date], "/", " "), " ") 
THEN DateTimeParse([Date],"%m %d %Y") 
ELSE DateTimeParse([Date],"%Y-%m-%d") ENDIF

 

Workflow:

atcodedog05_0-1628600536029.png

 

Hope this helps : )

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