Hi Kristiaaan,

This formula works for me:

=--(TEXT(A1,"0000-00-00 00\:00"))

Don't forget to format the cell as date.

Regards,
KL


"Kristiaaan" wrote in message
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I have a database with date in the following format:
"200209021600" so 2 september 2002 16:00 hr

I cannot figure out how to convert this text to the actual date and time

Who can help me?

Thanks in advance

Kristiaan