Change The Date Format In A Collection Column
Change The Date Format In A Collection Column Input collection: myBirthdays20 Person Birthday Denis 11/03/1987 Rebecca 02/01/1978 Audrie 21/11/1992 Nathan 15...
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Imported reference from Matthew Devaney's blog for learning purposes. Original: https://www.matthewdevaney.com/powerapps-collections-cookbook/change-the-date-format-in-a-collection-column/. Author: Matthew Devaney.
Change The Date Format In A Collection Column Input collection: myBirthdays20 Person Birthday Denis 11/03/1987 Rebecca 02/01/1978 Audrie 21/11/1992 Nathan 15/05/1995 Jared 27/09/1956 Output collection: mySolution20 Person Birthday Denis 1987-03-11 Rebecca 1978-01-02 Audrie 1992-11-21 Nathan 1995-05-15 Jared 1956-09-27 Solution code: //Create a collection
ClearCollect(myBirthdays20, { Person : "Denis" , Birthday : Text( Date ( 1987 , 03 , 11 ), "[$-en-US]dd/mm/yyyy" )}, { Person : "Rebecca" , Birthday : Text( Date ( 1978 , 01 , 02 ), "[$-en-US]dd/mm/yyyy" )}, { Person : "Audrie" , Birthday : Text( Date ( 1992 , 11 , 21 ), "[$-en-US]dd/mm/yyyy" )}, { Person : "Nathan" , Birthday : Text( Date ( 1995 , 05 , 15 ), "[$-en-US]dd/mm/yyyy" )}, { Person : "Jared" , Birthday : Text( Date ( 1956 , 09 , 27 ), "[$-en-US]dd/mm/yyyy" )} ); //Reformat the dates in a column code
ClearCollect(mySolution20,myBirthdays20); UpdateIf( mySolution20,
true , { Birthday : Text(DateValue(Birthday, "en-US" ), "[$-en-US]yyyy-mm-dd" )} ); Code language: JavaScript ( javascript )
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