topic Date Format Problems in QlikView

Date Format Problems

anuradhaa — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:34:44 GMT

Hi,

i'm new to Qlikview and i need to convert 'YYMMDD' date,( this is in as varchar in the database) to 'YYYY-MM-DD' format in Qlikview.

I have tried to_date function but it doesn't work.

Please help me to solve this Problem

Re: Date Format Problems

CELAMBARASAN — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:37:46 GMT

Hi,

try with this

Date(Date#(DateField,'YYMMDD'),'YYYY-MM-DD') As Date

Celambarasan

Date Format Problems

anuradhaa — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:54:35 GMT

Thanks For your Reply,

But it doesn't works.

This is the part of the Script i have used

LOAD DESTINATION_CITY,

ORIGIN_CITY,

SHIP_DATE,

Date(Date#("SHIP_DATE",'YYMMDD'),'YYYY-MM-DD')) As "SHIP_DATE"

here it gives the error "Syntax error, missing/misplaced "

Thanks

Re: Date Format Problems

jagan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:02 GMT

Hi,

Remove quotes for SHIP DATE in Date#().

LOAD DESTINATION_CITY,

ORIGIN_CITY,

SHIP_DATE,

Date(Date#(SHIP_DATE,'YYMMDD'),'YYYY-MM-DD')) As SHIP_DATE

Remove quotes for SHIP DATE in Date#().

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

Jagan.

Date Format Problems

anuradhaa — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:07:02 GMT

Still no luck,

this is the complete script i'm trying. i'm tring to load data from QVD file and that file only has the shipdate in varchar format.

aaa:

LOAD DESTINATION_CITY,

ORIGIN_CITY,

SHIP_DATE,

Date(Date#(SHIP_DATE,'YYMMDD'),'YYYY-MM-DD')) As "SHIP_DATE" - //I tried both "SHIP_DATE" n SHIP_DATE

FROM

meni1.qvd (qvd) ;

Thanks

Re: Date Format Problems

CELAMBARASAN — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:10:12 GMT

Hi,

Try with this without including Ship_Date twice.

aaa:

LOAD DESTINATION_CITY,

ORIGIN_CITY,

Date(Date#(SHIP_DATE,'YYMMDD'),'YYYY-MM-DD')) As SHIP_DATE

FROM

meni1.qvd (qvd) ;

Celambarasan

Date Format Problems

anuradhaa — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:15:33 GMT

Not works.

Re: Date Format Problems

CELAMBARASAN — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:26:06 GMT

Hi,

Using Double closed paranthesis causing a problem in the date function.

aaa:

LOAD DESTINATION_CITY,

ORIGIN_CITY,

Date(Date#(SHIP_DATE,'YYMMDD'),'YYYY-MM-DD') As SHIP_DATE

FROM

meni1.qvd (qvd) ;

Sorry its my typing mistake.

Check with this now.

Celambarasan

Date Format Problems

jagan — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:29:02 GMT

Hi,

Can you try this, earlier it has an extra bracket

LOAD

DESTINATION_CITY,

ORIGIN_CITY,

SHIP_DATE,

Date(Date#(SHIP_DATE,'YYMMDD'), 'YYYY-MM-DD') As [SHIPDATE]

FROM

meni1.qvd (qvd) ;

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

Jagan.

Re: Date Format Problems

anuradhaa — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:30:50 GMT

Great.

Thanks Celambarasan

It works but date is invalid.

my shipdate in the database = 110516 (varchar) and i need to convert it to '2011-05-16' in date format.

Thanks

Date Format Problems

deepakk — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:33:28 GMT

HI Anuradha,

A small query. Since your data is in YYMMDD format eg 100202 for 2nd Feb 2010. but how will the system understand

10(YY) stands for 2010.

Do you have data only from 2000 ???? if yes the you can try out the below code.

Date(makedate('20'&left(SHIP_DATE,2),mid(SHIP_DATE,3,2), right(SHIP_DATE,2)),'YYYY-MM-DD') as SHIP_DATE

Deepak

Re: Date Format Problems

CELAMBARASAN — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:33:49 GMT

Hi,

Yes it will give you that date format only.Which format it returns now?

Celambarasan

Re: Date Format Problems

anuradhaa — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:47:56 GMT

Thanks Deepak,

I have data only from 2000 and you answer helps me lot

Thanks