Alteryx Day 19 – Working with Date and Time Explained

Welcome to Day 19 of the 100 Days of Alteryx Learning Series!
In today’s lesson, we focus on working with Date and Time data in Alteryx — a critical skill for analytics, reporting, and time-based analysis.

Handling dates and timestamps correctly helps you build accurate calculations, filters, and trends.

What You Will Learn Today
📅 Date and Time Data Types

• Date vs Time vs DateTime
• Common date formats
• Understanding time zones
• Handling invalid or null dates

🧮 Common Date and Time Functions

• DateTimeNow
• DateTimeParse
• DateTimeFormat
• DateTimeAdd
• DateTimeDiff
• Converting strings to dates

🛠 Practical Operations

• Filtering records by date range
• Creating year, month, and day fields
• Calculating age or duration
• Comparing dates and timestamps
• Fixing format mismatches

Real-World Use Cases

• Sales trends by day, month, or year
• SLA and turnaround time calculations
• Event and log analysis
• Time-based reporting
• Handling data from multiple time zones

By the End of This Video, You Will Be Able To:

• Work confidently with date and time fields
• Convert and format dates correctly
• Perform time-based calculations
• Avoid common date-related errors

Perfect For

Beginners, data analysts, BI developers, and data engineers dealing with time-based data.

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