Here is a formula that is a little shorter and with 3 less function calls...

=--TEXT(A1,"0000-00-00")

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"HARSHAWARDHAN. S .SHASTRI"
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As your original data is in text format , pl use following formula.

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))
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HARSHAWARDHAN.S.SHASTRI

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"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