topic Re: Different formats of date in a column in QlikView

Different formats of date in a column

sujit_nath — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:55:16 GMT

I have a table with date values in a feild, but with different formats.. ex: ddmmyyyy,ddmmyy,mmddyyyy,yyyyddmm etc.

How do I load then in a different table in a same format. (dd/mm/yyyy)

my data would be like:

Table:

Load * inline [

Date

11122017

01112016

090816

11022016

20172105

20162204

];

In the other table, I need the dates as: 11/12/2017 etc..

Chanty4u — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:57:06 GMT

try with alt function

alt( date#( dat , 'YYYY/MM/DD' ),

date#( dat , 'MM/DD/YYYY' ),

date#( dat , 'MM/DD/YY' ),

'No valid date' )

olivierrobin — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:03:44 GMT

hello

whatever solution you take, you will have another problem :

let's take 11122017 : how do you know it should be interepreted as a DDMMYYYY oy MMDDYYYY date ?

sujit_nath — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:45:15 GMT

That's an issue.. but ya.. alt function should help me