Select the column
Data|text to columns (xl2003 menus)
fixed width, but don't add any lines and remove all that excel guessed.
Choose date
YMD (or YDM if that sample was 2008-Feb-04)

And format the cell using the nice date format you like.

aozora wrote:

Hi all,
I have the column of date in general/text format as "20080402", how can i
change it into date format, is there any format to change directly?
Thanks a lot

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Dave Peterson