I’ve imported some data into Airtable which includes a column with dates, but as a text string. I would like to be able to sort, filter and group this data by date, so I need to figure out a way to turn that text string into a date field type. I created a new column with both the DATETIME_FORMAT and DATETIME_PARSE formulas, which returns the date in the format that matches Airtable’s date field type format (i.e. MM/DD/YYYY), but this is still a text string. I’m trying to figure out how to turn this into a date field type in some way - possibly using an automation?
Another important piece of information is that I will periodically be updating the original text string with updated information (copy + pasted from another source in the same original format) - e.g. for the first column, I would be updating the “Last Financing Date (PB)” to a more recent date like 05-Oct-2022. Therefore, I need something that will auto-populate. I’ve seen related posts where the solution was creating the DATETIME_PARSE column with a formula field type, and once the formula has run, converting that same column to a date field type. This is obviously a static solution, not a dynamic one.
Is there a way to do what I’m trying to accomplish? Happy to answer any questions / share more info.
