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Date conversion in Power Apps

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Posted on by jschult 9

I'm trying to convert a serial number to a date format. Using the the formula:

Text(DateValue(TextInput1.Text,"en-US"),DateTimeFormat.ShortDate)

where the value in TextInput1 is 44927 should return the date "1/1/2023" but it is returning "7/1/4492"

What am I doing wrong?

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  • Jonathan Manrique Profile Picture
    Jonathan Manrique 2,695 on at

    Hi @jschult 

     

    You will not be able to convert that string into date format because it does not have the appropriate structure
    look at this example

     

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  • mmbr1606 Profile Picture
    mmbr1606 14,629 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    try this:

     

    Text(DateAdd(DateValue("1/1/1900"), Value(TextInput1.Text), Days), DateTimeFormat.ShortDate)

     

    Let me know if my answer helped solving your issue.

    If it did please accept as solution and give it a thumbs up so we can help others in the community.



    Greetings

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    jschult 9 on at

    Thanks for the input.  Unfortunately, the formula pitches an error:  DateAdd has some invlaid arguments, name 'Days' isn't recognized.  I changed 'Days' to TimeUnit.Days and it works fine!  Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction!

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    mmbr1606 14,629 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    yeah the Days is often the short version and powerapps does not always show the timeunit thing

     

    but glad that i was able to help

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