Date.FromText

 

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Returns a Date value from a set of date formats and culture value, following ISO 8601 format standard.

Date.FromText(date as nullable text, optional culture as nullable text) as nullable date  

ArgumentDescription
dateA string value to transorm.
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.

Supported formats

  • yyyy-MM-dd

  • YYYYMMDD

  • M/d/yyyy

Terms

  • Y = years

  • M = months

  • D = days

  • If the culture is not specified, the current user culture is used.
Date.FromText("2010-02-19") equals Date,yyyy-MM-dd  

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