That is not a Julian date. You want

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))

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"Jo Anna" <Jo wrote in message
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This formula did not work. I have a date of 20050609 for June 9, 2005
but
when I put in the formula it gave me this date: 8/31/2021

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

See http://www.cpearson.com/excel/jdates.htm

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Bob Phillips

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"Jo Anna" <Jo wrote in message
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How do you convert a Julian date with a 4 digit year into a standard
calendar
date?