Date Format

Hi,

 

The date in my data set is formatted as YYYY-DD-MM. As shown below:

Date Format.PNG

 

By default domo assumes the date is YYYY-MM-DD. Therefore all my data is grouped as Jan 2016. Is there a beast mode calculation to reformat the date?

 

Thanks,
Angel

Best Answer

  • AS
    AS Coach
    Answer ✓

    Can you change the format on the input side to conform to Domo's format?  That could be the quickest solution. You could try using ETL or Beast Mode extract the date parts and reconstruct them into a new date column.  Something like this:

     

     

    STR_TO_DATE(
    CONCAT(
    YEAR(`Date`) , '-'
    ,DAY(`Date`) , '-'
    ,MONTH(`Date`)
    )
    ,'%Y-%m-%d'
    )

     

    Aaron
    MajorDomo @ Merit Medical

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  • Hi all, Can anybody help @angelsinha out? Thanks!

  • AS
    AS Coach
    Answer ✓

    Can you change the format on the input side to conform to Domo's format?  That could be the quickest solution. You could try using ETL or Beast Mode extract the date parts and reconstruct them into a new date column.  Something like this:

     

     

    STR_TO_DATE(
    CONCAT(
    YEAR(`Date`) , '-'
    ,DAY(`Date`) , '-'
    ,MONTH(`Date`)
    )
    ,'%Y-%m-%d'
    )

     

    Aaron
    MajorDomo @ Merit Medical

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    **Please mark the post that solves your problem by clicking on "Accept as Solution"
  • Hi Aaron,

     

    Thanks for your help. It worked!

     

    Cheers!

    Angel

  • Just so people are aware. There looks to be a small syntax error here. The solution reads:

    STR_TO_DATE(
    CONCAT(
    YEAR(`Date`) , '-'
    ,DAY(`Date`) , '-'
    ,MONTH(`Date`)
    )
    ,'%Y-%m-%d'
    )

    It should read:

    STR_TO_DATE(
    CONCAT(
    YEAR(`Date`) , '-'
    ,DAY(`Date`) , '-'
    ,MONTH(`Date`)
    )
    ,'%Y-%d-%m'
    )
  • You can simply do DATE_FORMAT(`Date`,'%m/%d/%y'), will save you concat.

  • Atieh
    Atieh Member

    I do have the same issue

    The format of the Date column is "4/1/22" and if I want to use it as my key connector I should change it to Apr 1, 2022

    None of the above solution worked. Can you help me find a good formula to put on the formula tile in ETL?