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To change the date format from yyyymmdd to mm/dd/yyyy in Microsoft Excel, you can follow these steps:
- Select the cells that contain the dates you want to format.
- Right-click on the selected cells and choose "Format Cells" from the drop-down menu.
- In the "Format Cells" dialog box, select the "Number" tab.
- In the left-hand pane, select "Custom."
- In the "Type" field, enter "mm/dd/yyyy" (without the quotes).
- Click "OK" to apply the new date format to the selected cells.
Alternatively, you can also use the
"Text to Columns" feature to convert the yyyymmdd format to mm/dd/yyyy format. Here's how:
- Select the cells that contain the dates you want to convert.
- Click on the "Data" tab in the ribbon.
- Click on "Text to Columns" in the "Data Tools" group.
- In the "Convert Text to Columns Wizard," select "Delimited" and click "Next."
- In the next screen, select "Fixed width" and click "Next."
- In the next screen, drag the vertical lines to separate the year, month, and day columns.
- Click "Next" and then "Finish" to convert the dates to separate columns.
- Select the columns containing the month, day, and year, and then click on "Format Cells" in the "Number" group on the "Home" tab.
- In the "Format Cells" dialog box, select "Custom" and enter "mm/dd/yyyy" in the "Type" field.
- Click "OK" to apply the new date format to the selected cells.