Right string operation to remove the timestamp

Golfoholic
Golfoholic
in Magic ETL

I have a long date that I have converted to a text. Now I want to use the string operations tile to cut off the tail so I can have a nice clean date. the way it looks now in a string format is:


2022-02-24T12:08:34

What I want is:

2022-02-24


What I have been trying is:

User: "image.png"



But it leaving the date unchanged and that timestamp at the end is still there.


Thx

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  • MarkSnodgrass
    MarkSnodgrass Coach
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    That looks correct. Are you looking at the newly named column for your result as it won't affect the original column.

    A better option might be to use the Formula tile and use the date function to extract the date from your field. It would look like this:

    DATE(`drentlastchanged`)

    This will not only produce just the date, but will make it a date column that will be more usable at the card level.

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  • MarkSnodgrass
    MarkSnodgrass Coach
    Answer ✓

    That looks correct. Are you looking at the newly named column for your result as it won't affect the original column.

    A better option might be to use the Formula tile and use the date function to extract the date from your field. It would look like this:

    DATE(`drentlastchanged`)

    This will not only produce just the date, but will make it a date column that will be more usable at the card level.

    **Check out my Domo Tips & Tricks Videos

    **Make sure to <3 any users posts that helped you.
    **Please mark as accepted the ones who solved your issue.
  • Golfoholic
    Golfoholic

    @MarkSnodgrass Son of a gun you are right. The dataset has a ton of columns and I wasn't looking for the new column to be at the end of the columns. I was just referring to the existing column. Thanks!

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