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general date to date format
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Please help I have tried all the formulas in the other post but none work. I either get a circular error or shows #ref or #format. My dates look like 03-JAN-98 I need them to be date format like 01/03/98 or 01/03/1998. I will be importing into vfp8 and need it to be in date format. Thanks Sherry |
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general date to date format
Select the cells or entire column. Right click, select Format Cells ,In the
Category select Custom. Under Type type in mm/dd/yy or mm/dd/yyyy Hope this helps "sherry" wrote: Hi Please help I have tried all the formulas in the other post but none work. I either get a circular error or shows #ref or #format. My dates look like 03-JAN-98 I need them to be date format like 01/03/98 or 01/03/1998. I will be importing into vfp8 and need it to be in date format. Thanks Sherry |
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They must be seen as text, first make sure you have a date format like
mm/dd/yyyy, then select the column and do datatext to columns and click finish. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "sherry" wrote in message ... Hi Please help I have tried all the formulas in the other post but none work. I either get a circular error or shows #ref or #format. My dates look like 03-JAN-98 I need them to be date format like 01/03/98 or 01/03/1998. I will be importing into vfp8 and need it to be in date format. Thanks Sherry |
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Sorry I seem to have misread the question but why would you get a circular
reference warning if you just try to format the value? Not possible unless you have a formula. Btw there is no #format error to my knowledge.also don't refer to some other post it's better to post in the same thread. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Peo Sjoblom" wrote in message ... They must be seen as text, first make sure you have a date format like mm/dd/yyyy, then select the column and do datatext to columns and click finish. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "sherry" wrote in message ... Hi Please help I have tried all the formulas in the other post but none work. I either get a circular error or shows #ref or #format. My dates look like 03-JAN-98 I need them to be date format like 01/03/98 or 01/03/1998. I will be importing into vfp8 and need it to be in date format. Thanks Sherry |
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