{"id":11041,"date":"2019-02-28T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T12:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2024-02-06T16:18:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T15:18:34","slug":"split-the-date-using-power-query-or-get-transform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/split-the-date-using-power-query-or-get-transform\/","title":{"rendered":"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &#038; Transform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/installing-power-query-excel-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Power Query<\/a>\u00a0or Get &amp; Transform (In Excel 2016) lets you perform a series of steps to transform your Excel data. \u00a0One of the steps it allows you to take is to<b>\u00a0split your date into year, month and day for easier processing.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oOjIKPfC29I?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Split-the-Date.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1<\/strong>:<\/span> Select\u00a0your data and turn it into an Excel Table by pressing the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/333-excel-shortcuts-for-windows-and-mac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"shortcut\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">shortcut<\/a> <strong>Ctrl + T <\/strong>or by going to<strong> Insert &gt; Table<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-01.png\" alt=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"696\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-01.png 696w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-01-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2<\/strong>:<\/span> Go to <strong><em>Data &gt; Get &amp; Transform &gt; From Table (Excel 2016) <\/em><\/strong><em>or<\/em><strong><em> Power Query &gt; Excel Data &gt; From Table (Excel 2013 &amp; 2010)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excel 2016:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Fill-Down-04.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Fill-Down-04.png\" alt=\"Keep Duplicates Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"618\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Fill-Down-04.png 618w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Fill-Down-04-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excel 2013 &amp; 2010:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/from-table.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/from-table.png\" alt=\"Keep Duplicates Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"777\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/from-table.png 777w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/from-table-300x50.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/from-table-768x128.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 3: <\/strong><\/span>This will open up the Power Query Editor. Let us now get the Year, Month and Day.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure the<strong> Order Date column<\/strong> is selected. Go to <em><strong>Add Column &gt; From Date &amp; Time &gt; Date &gt; Year&gt; Year<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-02.png\" alt=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"1012\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-02.png 1012w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-02-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-02-768x275.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure the<strong> Order Date column<\/strong> is selected. Go to <em><strong>Add Column &gt; From Date &amp; Time &gt; Date &gt; Month &gt; Month <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-03.png\" alt=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"1034\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-03.png 1034w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-03-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-03-1024x355.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-03-768x266.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure the<strong> Order Date column<\/strong> is selected. Go to <em><strong>Add Column &gt; From Date &amp; Time &gt; Date &gt; Day &gt; Day<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-04.png\" alt=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"1022\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-04.png 1022w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-04-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-04-768x286.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">STEP 4:<\/span> <\/strong>Click <strong>Close &amp; Load<\/strong> from the <strong>Home<\/strong> tab and this will <strong>open up a brand new worksheet<\/strong> in your Excel workbook with the updated records!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-05.png\" alt=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"856\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-05.png 856w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-05-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-05-768x395.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You now have your dates split to <strong>Year, Month and Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-06.png\" alt=\"Split the Date Using Power Query or Get &amp; Transform\" width=\"588\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-06.png 588w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Split-the-Date-06-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Split the Date in Excel Using Power Query<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-39.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/530x300.jpg\" alt=\"Free Excel Macros &amp; VBA Webinar Training\" width=\"530\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power Query\u00a0or Get &amp; Transform (In Excel 2016) lets you perform a series of steps to transform your Excel data. \u00a0One of the steps it allows you to take is to\u00a0split your date into year, month and day for easier processing. \ufeff Download excel workbookSplit-the-Date.xlsx STEP 1: Select\u00a0your data and turn it into an Excel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[120,121],"tags":[516,117,273],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}