Quick summary
Changing the date format in Power BI lets you control how dates appear across every visual that uses that field. You can apply a built-in date format directly from the Visualizations pane without writing any DAX or custom expressions.
Steps
- Open Power BI Desktop and navigate to your report.
- Select the visual whose date format you want to change.
- Go to the Visualizations pane on the right side of the screen.
- In the Visualizations pane, click the Format option (the paint roller icon).
- Navigate to the General tab within the Format section.
- Under the General tab, select Data format.
- Open Format options by clicking the expand arrow.
- Choose one of the built-in date formats from the dropdown list.
- Confirm your selection — the chosen date format is now applied wherever that field appears in your report.
