Thanks for both replies!

"Pete_UK" wrote:

Assuming that date/time is in A1, put this formula in B1:

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),MID(A1,7,2)) + TIME(MID(A1,9,2),RIGHT
(A1,2),0)

and format the cell using a custom format of "mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm".

Copy down as required.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Nov 14, 12:25 am, Rob wrote:
I have opened a htm data set in Excel 2003 that contains the date & time as
yyyymmddhhmm (the cell is formatted as general) and need it to display as
mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm.

For example 199704010053 in cell A1 currently displays as 1.99704E+11. I
would like it to display 04/01/1997 00:53.

I have tried custom formatting but end up with ###... and hovering the mouse
over the cell results in "Negative dates and times are displayed as ####"

What is the correct formula and cell formatting?

The htm data set dates & times are GMT and I need to convert it to PST/PDT.
Is this possible or would it be a seperate formula?