# How to convert to DateTime all column or array?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-convert-to-datetime-all-column-or-array/2421>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** dates, convert\
**Created:** [March 3, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-convert-to-datetime-all-column-or-array/2421 "2017-03-03T10:30:03Z")\
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I think `convert.` should work in Julia 0.6 but if you want something that’ll work in Julia 0.5 then this will work:

`map((x) -> convert(DateTime,x),events[:,2])`

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