Date.From

 

This topic applies to the Power Query Formula Language which can be used with Power Query and Power BI Desktop to build queries that mashup data. See the list of function categories.

Returns a date value from a value.

Date.From(value as any, optional culture as nullable text) as nullable date  

ArgumentDescription
valueValue to convert.
optional cultureA text value corresponding to the culture values supported on your version of Windows, such as "en-US". If the culture is not specified, the current user culture is used. For a list of culture names, see National Language Support (NLS) API Reference.

Values of the following types can be converted to a date value:

TypeDescription
textReturns a Date value from a text value. For more details, see Date.FromText.
datetimeThe Date component of a value.
datetimezoneThe Date component of the local date and time equivalent of a value.
numberThe Date component of the datetime equivalent of the OLE Automation Date of a value.
any other typeAn Expression.Error is thrown.
  • If a value is null, Date.From returns null.

  • If a value is date, the same value is returned.

Date.From(43910) equals #date(2020,3,20)  

Date.From(#datetime(1899, 12, 30, 6, 45, 12)) equals #date(1899,12,30)  

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