Ignore my previous post (wherever it went) I had an elderly moment, it's a
julian date i.e. day 59 of 2005, use this

=DATE(IF((LEFT(A1,2)+0)<30,2000,1900)+LEFT(A1,2),1 ,RIGHT(A1,3))

Mike

"JHL" wrote:

I have a julian format of YYDDD. The formula I'm using is off a day and a
century.

Formula =date(left(a1,2),1,(mid(a1,3,3))

05059 = 3/31/1905

How can I get the correct answer of 2/28/2005?

Thanks in advance.