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concat string columns to create a date variable

himam
6 - Meteoroid

Hello everyone, 

I have the first 3 columns as shown below and what to create the 4th column i.e. EVALUATION_DATE2

EVAL_DTEVAL_MOEVAL_YREVALUATION_DATE2
510202210/03/2022
313202111/03/2021

 

I tried the following but got the error saying "EVALUATION_DATE2: "3/31/2021" is not a valid Date"

 

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Thanks in advance!

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BS_THE_ANALYST
14 - Magnetar

Hi! To have the date as a date datatype, it needs to be in the following format: yyyy-mm-dd. 

 

See picture below:

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You could solve your problem by changing your Evaluation_Date2 datatype to V_WSTRING and then connecting the DateTime tool to it. You'll be able to format it correctly there! :-) 

BS_THE_ANALYST
14 - Magnetar

try this workflow out, it's one way to do it. Attached it workflow

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BS_THE_ANALYST
14 - Magnetar

@himam another possible way: you can actually use the DateTime tool functionality inside the formula tool 

 

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Sarreddy
9 - Comet

@himam 

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Sarreddy
9 - Comet

@himam 

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JenzEkan
8 - Asteroid

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grazitti_sapna
17 - Castor

@himam , Please find my response to your problem

Alteryx Supported Date Format: YYYY-MM-DD

 

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Sapna Gupta
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