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Excel Exporter always exports DATETIME while I only want DATE - How to solve?

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Dear Community,

The app store module "Excel Exporter" (https://appstore.home.mendix.com/link/app/726/Mendix/Excel-exporter) is a really useful addition, however I run into the problem that the OQL statement it creates based on my template always returns a DateTime attribute with the whole timestamp, even in a case when I only want the Date. 

Question: Anyone able to return only the Date?

 

Expected option 1 - Apply microflow to adjust output, similar to Excel Importer

The Excel Importer module allows the use of microflows to convert a value from the source to any desired format in the destination and thus allows you to have a string in excel containing only a Date, using a microflow to return a correct DateTime value. I'd expect a similar feature for the Excel Exporter.

 

Expection option 2 - Apply function in OQL statement to adjust output

As the exporter result in an OQL statement, applying a function in the select statement would also solve this, using the DATE() function.

e.g.:

Select 
a.FullName,
DATE(a.DayofBirth) as DayofBirth
from MyFirstModule.Person as a

--> would return an excel with 2 columns, Column A with the full name and Column B with the Day of Birth without Time component.


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