hi
assuming your text string is in A2,try this formula,

=MID(A2,2,8)

regards
FSt1

"Sara" wrote:

The data that I have looks like this:
[10/24/10 11:45PM]

And I would like to just get the date like this:

10/24/10

Is there any way to do this in Excel with a formula?

Thanks!!

Sara