[SOLVED] Date format

I need a date in this format " DD/MM/YYY "( not using native query).
Now date in string format “Friday, January 26, 2018 7:38 AM” So I couldn’t sort properly.

Can you help me?

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Hi, @lechu,

Build the question in builder and convert to sql then append

Date_format(@date, “%d/%m/%Y”)

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The next version of Metabase, 0.31, will also include lots of new options for formatting dates, numbers, and currencies without having to use SQL.

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Yay :slight_smile:

Double yay :slightly_smiling_face: :slightly_smiling_face:

When is the next version releasing?

Hi Siddarth

I am not sure what you mean by ‘then append’.

I have the same date issue. The date field is simply labelled ‘date’.

Would I therefore write ‘Date_format(date, “%d/%m/%Y”)’ in the select function, or do I put the decorated statement ‘Date_format(@date, “%d/%m/%Y”)’ somewhere else?

I have tried both, but with no luck.

Thanks! Andrew

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Hey Andrew,

Which Sql are you using.

Postgress

Could you try with this syntax

SELECT TO_CHAR(NOW() :: DATE, ‘dd/mm/yyyy’);

The one i mentioned earlier was for Mysql.

Thank you!

Hi Siddarth,

Could we change date picker, Because the default date picker is like this below image, but i want customize date picker, Could I customize this date picker.

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@Dibyaranjan If you want to customize the date picker, then you need to change the frontend code.
You should start a new topic, since it’s completely unrelated to this topic.

I need to sort by date and also compare by date. My dates are
August 21, 2018, 10:57 PM. I don’t care about the time but I want to see what records have XX-Date > ‘12/01/2015’

I’m not sure how to fit the above masks into this.

Hi!
Hi!

Still saving the problem!
My date is stored as VARCHAR2 with the format "30/05/2017 10:44:03"
I have tried everything and I can't change the database.
Any advice?

Thanks in advance,
Pedro

@phmazzoni Different problem: Can't read date fields from oracle

Hello all,
I use dateformat(@date, %m%y) format and I love it but is it possible to make Month name for short version. Now I can only reach 01 or January, I needed Jan. Can you help me?