a tiny trick to make the parsing easier:
In B1:
=IF(LEN(A1)=8,A1,"0" & A1)
in C1:
=DATE(RIGHT(B1,4),MID(B1,3,2),LEFT(B1,2))

Format as you like.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu2007k


"Robin Gray" wrote:

I have a csv file which when opened with excel shows dates as 15041978 or
4051949. I am struggling to convert these to the normal format 15/04/1978
or 04/05/1949.
Any suggestions.

TIA