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muddan madhu

format date
 
hi all,

I have excel file where user updated date in different format..
How can i make to one common formar say dd/mm/yyyy.

Eg., 01/01/2008 -means 1st jan,2008
01/10/2008 -means 10th jan,2008
11/1/2008 - means 1st Oct,2008

I think u got it .... what i am trying to say....

some user updated dd/mm/yyyy and some as mm/dd/yyyy......

Thanks

Sandy Mann

format date
 
Dates are just numbers so highlight all the dates andformat the cells to the
date format that you want.

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland
and the crowning place of kings


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"muddan madhu" wrote in message
...
hi all,

I have excel file where user updated date in different format..
How can i make to one common formar say dd/mm/yyyy.

Eg., 01/01/2008 -means 1st jan,2008
01/10/2008 -means 10th jan,2008
11/1/2008 - means 1st Oct,2008

I think u got it .... what i am trying to say....

some user updated dd/mm/yyyy and some as mm/dd/yyyy......

Thanks




muddan madhu

format date
 
i am not able to.....

i need date format as dd-mmm-yyyy

only some numbers are formatted,

eg - before format after format
01/01/2008 01-jan-2008
10/01/2008 10-jan-2008
01/13/2008 01/13/2008 but it should be 13-
jan-2008



On Apr 9, 1:52*pm, "Sandy Mann" wrote:
Dates are just numbers so highlight all the dates andformat the cells to the
date format that you want.

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland
and the crowning place of kings


Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk

"muddan madhu" wrote in message

...



hi all,


I have excel file where user updated date in different format..
How can i make to one common formar say dd/mm/yyyy.


Eg., *01/01/2008 *-means *1st jan,2008
* * * *01/10/2008 *-means 10th jan,2008
* * * *11/1/2008 - means 1st Oct,2008


I think u got it .... what i am trying to say....


some user updated dd/mm/yyyy and some as mm/dd/yyyy......


Thanks- Hide quoted text -


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Sandy Mann

format date
 
You should nevertheless be able to re-format the cells. As I said, Dates
are just numbers - Re-format any *Date" as General and you will see the
underlying number in the cell. The *formatting is just a mask XL places
over the number to make it look like a date for humans.

Select all the dates that you want to change then select Format cells
Custom and then type in youself dd-mmm-yyyy in the Type box.

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland
and the crowning place of kings


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"muddan madhu" wrote in message
...
i am not able to.....

i need date format as dd-mmm-yyyy

only some numbers are formatted,

eg - before format after format
01/01/2008 01-jan-2008
10/01/2008 10-jan-2008
01/13/2008 01/13/2008 but it should be 13-
jan-2008



On Apr 9, 1:52 pm, "Sandy Mann" wrote:
Dates are just numbers so highlight all the dates andformat the cells to
the
date format that you want.

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland
and the crowning place of kings


Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk

"muddan madhu" wrote in message

...



hi all,


I have excel file where user updated date in different format..
How can i make to one common formar say dd/mm/yyyy.


Eg., 01/01/2008 -means 1st jan,2008
01/10/2008 -means 10th jan,2008
11/1/2008 - means 1st Oct,2008


I think u got it .... what i am trying to say....


some user updated dd/mm/yyyy and some as mm/dd/yyyy......


Thanks- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -





Millies Dad

format date
 
Hi, the default date format in Excel is driven by the regional and language
settings in control panel on each machin. If you do not like the default
change it here by hitting the customize button next to the region you select.
then click on the Date tab, you can now set out the date format you wish for
and this will be picked up by Excel.

Hope you understand this.

"muddan madhu" wrote:

i am not able to.....

i need date format as dd-mmm-yyyy

only some numbers are formatted,

eg - before format after format
01/01/2008 01-jan-2008
10/01/2008 10-jan-2008
01/13/2008 01/13/2008 but it should be 13-
jan-2008



On Apr 9, 1:52 pm, "Sandy Mann" wrote:
Dates are just numbers so highlight all the dates andformat the cells to the
date format that you want.

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland
and the crowning place of kings


Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk

"muddan madhu" wrote in message

...



hi all,


I have excel file where user updated date in different format..
How can i make to one common formar say dd/mm/yyyy.


Eg., 01/01/2008 -means 1st jan,2008
01/10/2008 -means 10th jan,2008
11/1/2008 - means 1st Oct,2008


I think u got it .... what i am trying to say....


some user updated dd/mm/yyyy and some as mm/dd/yyyy......


Thanks- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -




Pete_UK

format date
 
Perhaps those "dates" that do not change are really text values that
happen to look like dates. Select an empty cell and click <copy, then
highlight all the dates and click on Edit | Paste Special | Values
(check) | Add (check) | OK and then <Esc - this should convert all of
them to numbers, which you can then reformat as dates.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Apr 9, 10:09*am, muddan madhu wrote:
i am not able to.....

i need date format as dd-mmm-yyyy

only some numbers are formatted,

eg - * before format * * * * *after format
* * * * * *01/01/2008 * * * * *01-jan-2008
* * * * * *10/01/2008 * * * * *10-jan-2008
* * * * * *01/13/2008 * * * * * 01/13/2008 but it should be 13-
jan-2008

On Apr 9, 1:52*pm, "Sandy Mann" wrote:



Dates are just numbers so highlight all the dates andformat the cells to the
date format that you want.


--
HTH


Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland
and the crowning place of kings



Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk


"muddan madhu" wrote in message


...


hi all,


I have excel file where user updated date in different format..
How can i make to one common formar say dd/mm/yyyy.


Eg., *01/01/2008 *-means *1st jan,2008
* * * *01/10/2008 *-means 10th jan,2008
* * * *11/1/2008 - means 1st Oct,2008


I think u got it .... what i am trying to say....


some user updated dd/mm/yyyy and some as mm/dd/yyyy......


Thanks- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -


- Show quoted text -




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