Power Query replicate date in DD/MM/YYYY format

jayjay123

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Hi!
Im new to power query and would love your help!
I have a date in YYYYMMDD format in cell B2, and would like to create a new column A to reflect this date in DD/MM/YYYY format. Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?
Thanks heaps
 

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"I have a date in YYYYMMDD format in cell B2", then Excel and PowerQuery will read that as a date.
If you have TEXT formatted to represent a date using the format of "YYYYMMDD", PowerQuery will transform to the Date when you change the data Type.
If you mean to say that you have a number that represents a date using the format "YYYYMMDD", you can transform to Text, then make sure there exist another step, such as rearrange columns, and then change the data type to Date.
 
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Unfortunately in that same column, I have numerical values. So I am unable to transform cell B2 to the "date format".
Is it possible to create a blank column A, then link column A cells to B2 so that the date "DD/MM/YYYY" appears in column A?
 
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That is a design contrary to Excel's design.
Each column is a different "field" of data. Each Field should have only a single data type. This is before you get to working with PowerQuery.
You may be able to differentiate the data and switch them to appropriate columns.
 
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