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Nick Hodge
 
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Kristina

Frank tragically passed away a few months ago. I know however he would be
delighted to know he was still helping

Thank you

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS


"Kristina" wrote in message
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Thanks, you helped me with my problem too!

"Frank Kabel" wrote:

Hi
sounds like your imported dates are not recognised as 'date' values but
are
stored as 'Text'. One possible workaound:
- select your date values
- goto 'Data - Text to columns'
- just step through the wizard and Excel should convert them to real date
values

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

wintersunshine wrote:
Hi,

If the date was input as mm/dd/yyyy (12/31/2004), can I convert the
format to "yyyy-mm-dd"(2004-12-31) or "mmm-yy"(Dec-2004)? i tried to
change date format from "Format Cells-- Number tab--Category--choose
"date" or "custom" but just failed.

While Strangely, If i imput the data as "2004-12-31", i can change it
to whatever date format i like.

Appreicate your advice at earliest convenience.

Thanks