Date field conversion in Import Manager

Hi,
I am getting the source Date field as 'Text' type and want to convert it to Date type.
Is it possible in import Manager?
What are the best way to manage the issue.
Appreciate your reply
regards,
reo

Hi Reo,
The data types of source data values are automatically
converted within the Source Values grid based on the data type of the
destination field to which the source field is mapped, even when stored
in the source data as text values.
Original source values appear with their original data type in the Value
column, and the converted values appear in the Converted Value
column with the data type of the mapped destination field and the
proper grid cell type for editing (e.g. text, numeric, measurement,
currency, date, time, Boolean).<i> If necessary, individual values can then
be manually edited to override errors or omissions in the source data.</i>
Regards
Neethu Joy.

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