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Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

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I have date  01/04/2020 in text datatype. Now, I want to convert and return to DATE datatype. Is there any solution?

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 70,124 Super User 2024 Season 2 on at
    RE: Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

    Hi, Nitin is right. The current date format displayed on the page depends on the Region of your current system.

    So if you want to change '01/04/20' to '01/04/2020', you should change your region first. (About this our Partner cannot specify)

    For example,

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    Hope this helps as well.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,025 Moderator on at
    RE: Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

    Please refer below link

    docs.microsoft.com/.../ui-enter-date-ranges

  • Sujan Khadka Profile Picture
    Sujan Khadka 80 on at
    RE: Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

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    In Message(Format(abc)) suppose I have 01/04/2020 which is in text datatype. After evaluating with date type, my answer would be 01/04/20 which is a date datatype. But my task is to return 01/04/2020 with date datatype. 

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,025 Moderator on at
    RE: Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

    This is the different question, Initially you asked this "I have date  01/04/2020 in text datatype. Now, I want to convert and return to DATE datatype. Is there any solution?" answer of this I have already shared.

  • Sujan Khadka Profile Picture
    Sujan Khadka 80 on at
    RE: Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

    Hi Nitin Verma,

    above answer returns 01/04/20. But my requirement is that I need 01/04/2020. Hope you understood

  • Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    Nitin Verma 21,025 Moderator on at
    RE: Convert date in TEXT format into DATE

    Hi Sujan Khadka ,

    Please use below:

    yourtextdate := '01/04/2020';

    Evaluate(DateTypeVariable,yourtxtdate);

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