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Epoch dates in Power Query | Excel | Power BI

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This blog will show how to work with Epoch format in both seconds and milliseconds in Power Query. You can use the formulas shown in both Excel y Power BI.

From DateTime format to Epoch

We will start with a regular date and we want to convert it to Epoch format:

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DateTime column

 Convert the date column into a DateTime zone column:

DateTime zone column

Add a calculated column referring to your date column:

Custom DateTime column

Formulas to use

				
					Seconds: 
Number.ToText(Duration.TotalSeconds([Date]-#datetimezone(1970,1,1,0,0,0,0,0))) 
 
Milliseconds: 
Number.ToText(Duration.TotalSeconds([Date]-#datetimezone(1970,1,1,0,0,0,0,0))*1000) 

				
			

Replace [Date] by the column that has your date. 

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From Epoch to DateTime

We will start with this Epoch value and we want to convert it to DateTime format:

Epoch value

Add a calculated column referring to your epoch column:

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Custom column formula

Formulas to use

				
					 
Seconds: 
#datetimezone(1970,1,1,0,0,0,0,0) + #duration(0,0,0,Number.From([Epoch])) 
 
Milliseconds: 
#datetimezone(1970,1,1,0,0,0,0,0) + #duration(0,0,0,Number.From([Epoch])/1000) 

				
			

Replace [Epoch] by the column that has your date.

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