Roger, I need to ask your assistance again, if you don't mind.

I found that your formula works fine, but when a lot number manufactured in
year 2000 or later is processed (for example, ABC02D123-456 - this is a lot
manufactured in April 2002), the value returned is "04/01/1928". Is there a
way to account for this glitch?

Thanks again for all your help.

Bill K

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Bill

You're very welcome. Thanks for the feedback

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Roger Govier


"Bill K" wrote in message
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Roger, thank you very much! That worked like a charm.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Bill

Try
=DATE(MID(A1,4,2),CODE(MID(A1,6,1))-64-1*(MID(A1,6,1)"I"),1)

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Roger Govier


"Bill K" <Bill wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet with a column devoted to lot numbers. The lot
numbers
contain information identifying the date of manufacture. I would
like
to set
up another column where the date of manufacture is displayed from
info
taken
from the lot number column.

The numbers are of the format:
ABC85J123D456
or
AB-85J123D456

The fourth and fifth positions represent the year of manufacture,
and
the
sixth position represents the month ("A" is Jan, "B" is Feb, etc -
incidentally, "I" is skipped because it can be mistaken for a "1").

I would like my date column to look at the 4th through 6th
positions
in the
lot number, and return a date in format "mm/dd/yy", where the "dd"
equals
"01" (the day isn't important to my spreadsheet).

Can someone assist? And, thanks in advance.

Bill K