Hi try this in an adjacent cell and copy down
=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))

this assume that you will also have value such as : 20090501 for
1st May 2009
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Hope this is helpful

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Thank You

cheers, francis

Am not a greek but an ordinary user trying to assist another



"Vic" wrote:

I have 20061030 in a cell that is formatted as general. How do I change this
into date format like 10/30/2006? If I format cell and select date then it
gives me #############.