Standardising imported date formats

Glen Urquhart

Hi,

I hope you are all well, and someone may be able to assist:

On a sheet I am working on, a 3rd party app runs an automation that imports a date into a specified column in smartsheet.

The date when imported arrives in the following format: "2023-01-04 12:26:14".

There is no way to change the format which this date is imported in.

I would like this to display in a standard format, excluding the time, i.e "04/01/2023".

If I change the date format for the column to "Regional (Default Format)" then the date changes to the correct format, but only if I double click on the cell and then click out of it.

I am happy to use a helper column if required.

Any advice would be welcomed!

Thank you, Glen.

Paul H

@Glen Urquhart

Try this formula, with the imported close date column set as text/number, Closed Date column set as Date

=DATE(VALUE(LEFT([Imported close date]@row, 4)), VALUE(MID([Imported close date]@row, 6, 2)), VALUE(MID([Imported close date]@row, 9, 2)))

Andrée Starå

@Glen Urquhart

Happy to help!

I saw that Paul had answered already!

Let me know if I can help with anything else!

Best,

Andrée

Hollie Green

I would use a helper column and use the formula

=Dateonly([imported column]@row)

Glen Urquhart

Hi Hollie, thanks for your message.

Unfortunatly this returns an invalid data type. :(

Cheers, Glen.

Andrée Starå

Hi @Glen Urquhart

I hope you're well and safe!

To add to Hollie's excellent advice/answer.

Ensure that the column is set to the Date type.

Did that work/help?

I hope that helps!

Have a fantastic week & Happy New Year!

Best,

Andrée Starå | Workflow Consultant / CEO @ WORK BOLD

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Glen Urquhart

Hi Andrée,

Thanks for the note.

Both Columns are in date type colums, however the result is still Invalid.

Example screenshot below!

Cheers, Glen.

Andrée Starå

@Glen Urquhart

Happy to help!

Ah, I see. I though you used the Created System Column. I'll get back to you with the solution.

Paul H

@Glen Urquhart

Try this formula, with the imported close date column set as text/number, Closed Date column set as Date

=DATE(VALUE(LEFT([Imported close date]@row, 4)), VALUE(MID([Imported close date]@row, 6, 2)), VALUE(MID([Imported close date]@row, 9, 2)))

Andrée Starå

@Glen Urquhart

Happy to help!

I saw that Paul had answered already!

Let me know if I can help with anything else!

Best,

Andrée

Glen Urquhart

Hi @Hollie Green, @Andrée Starå & @Paul H,

Thank you all for your input and help - This solution has resolved the problem.

Thank you once again.

Cheers, One happy Smartsheet-er.

Andrée Starå

@Glen Urquhart

You're more than welcome!