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Excell doesnt recognise the above format as a date, so I would like to change
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use:

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))
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Excell doesnt recognise the above format as a date, so I would like to change
it, however the standard date formats dont work.

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Another way is to use Data Text to Columns. Select the col of "dates".
Click Data Text to Columns, click Next Next. In step 3 of the wiz, under
Col data format, check "Date" and select: YMD from the droplist next to it,
click Finish.
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so I would like to change it, however the standard date formats dont work.

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