Transforming Multiple Date Formats to Consistent Date Format

I have a power query with some sources use the date format "2014-01-31" and the others use "42029". When I Transform the column to a Date data type, the "2014-01-31" format gets transformed but the "42029"
stays the same.
How do I fix this so all dates are in the same format?

I think one o the issues here is that the format is ambiguous and while the date transform function tries to be very lenient in terms of what it will accept, it can only go so far. If you convert the date to a number first, then Date.From is actually going
to give you what you want.
Are there any other columns in your table that can indicate in which format the date it? Otherwise, you could do something like this:
= Table.AddColumn(Source, "Custom", each if Text.Contains([DateColumn], "-") then Date.From([DateColumn]) else Date.From(Number.From([DateColumn])))
Here I check if the date string has a "-". If it does, I use Date.From and if it does it I use Date.From with Number.From.
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