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Date / Time problem
I am trying to format some cells with date/time stamps. The data is coming
in as follows: 09-05-2008 8:00 09-04-2008 1:00 09-03-2008 20:30 The dates should be Sep 5 2008, Sep 4 2008, Sep 3 2008 etc...but when I use the date format in Excel (mmm dd yyyy), they are coming back as May 09 2008, Apr 09 2008, Mar 09 2008, which is totally incorrect. Even if I use dd mmm yyyy, it still formats it incorrectly, 09 May 2008, 09 Apr 2008, 09 Mar 2008. I know how to extract the month/day/year and then convert it to the proper date format but my problem is I need the time stamp from these cells added back to my proper date(s). This is what I want: Sep 05 2008 8:00 Sep 04 2008 1:00 Sep 03 2008 20:30 Any help would be appreciated. |
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With a value in A1:
=DATE(MID(A1,7,4),LEFT(A1,2),MID(A1,4,2))+MID(A1,F IND(" ",A1,1)+1,256) and format the cell as: Custom mmmm dd yyyy hh:mm this will display: September 05 2008 08:00 -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200802 "mc" wrote: I am trying to format some cells with date/time stamps. The data is coming in as follows: 09-05-2008 8:00 09-04-2008 1:00 09-03-2008 20:30 The dates should be Sep 5 2008, Sep 4 2008, Sep 3 2008 etc...but when I use the date format in Excel (mmm dd yyyy), they are coming back as May 09 2008, Apr 09 2008, Mar 09 2008, which is totally incorrect. Even if I use dd mmm yyyy, it still formats it incorrectly, 09 May 2008, 09 Apr 2008, 09 Mar 2008. I know how to extract the month/day/year and then convert it to the proper date format but my problem is I need the time stamp from these cells added back to my proper date(s). This is what I want: Sep 05 2008 8:00 Sep 04 2008 1:00 Sep 03 2008 20:30 Any help would be appreciated. |
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Date / Time problem
Change your Windows Regional settings for Short Dates
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:01 -0700, mc wrote: I am trying to format some cells with date/time stamps. The data is coming in as follows: 09-05-2008 8:00 09-04-2008 1:00 09-03-2008 20:30 The dates should be Sep 5 2008, Sep 4 2008, Sep 3 2008 etc...but when I use the date format in Excel (mmm dd yyyy), they are coming back as May 09 2008, Apr 09 2008, Mar 09 2008, which is totally incorrect. Even if I use dd mmm yyyy, it still formats it incorrectly, 09 May 2008, 09 Apr 2008, 09 Mar 2008. I know how to extract the month/day/year and then convert it to the proper date format but my problem is I need the time stamp from these cells added back to my proper date(s). This is what I want: Sep 05 2008 8:00 Sep 04 2008 1:00 Sep 03 2008 20:30 Any help would be appreciated. |
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Thanks, Gord, this works on my desktop but if I send this to other users,
will the date format hold? "Gord Dibben" wrote: Change your Windows Regional settings for Short Dates Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:01 -0700, mc wrote: I am trying to format some cells with date/time stamps. The data is coming in as follows: 09-05-2008 8:00 09-04-2008 1:00 09-03-2008 20:30 The dates should be Sep 5 2008, Sep 4 2008, Sep 3 2008 etc...but when I use the date format in Excel (mmm dd yyyy), they are coming back as May 09 2008, Apr 09 2008, Mar 09 2008, which is totally incorrect. Even if I use dd mmm yyyy, it still formats it incorrectly, 09 May 2008, 09 Apr 2008, 09 Mar 2008. I know how to extract the month/day/year and then convert it to the proper date format but my problem is I need the time stamp from these cells added back to my proper date(s). This is what I want: Sep 05 2008 8:00 Sep 04 2008 1:00 Sep 03 2008 20:30 Any help would be appreciated. |
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Date / Time problem
I don't know.
You could test by sending the workbook to me. My short date settings are dd/MMM/yy You set yours to mm/dd/yy. Save the workbook and send it on. Change the AT and DOT in my address Gord On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:32:01 -0700, mc wrote: Thanks, Gord, this works on my desktop but if I send this to other users, will the date format hold? "Gord Dibben" wrote: Change your Windows Regional settings for Short Dates Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:50:01 -0700, mc wrote: I am trying to format some cells with date/time stamps. The data is coming in as follows: 09-05-2008 8:00 09-04-2008 1:00 09-03-2008 20:30 The dates should be Sep 5 2008, Sep 4 2008, Sep 3 2008 etc...but when I use the date format in Excel (mmm dd yyyy), they are coming back as May 09 2008, Apr 09 2008, Mar 09 2008, which is totally incorrect. Even if I use dd mmm yyyy, it still formats it incorrectly, 09 May 2008, 09 Apr 2008, 09 Mar 2008. I know how to extract the month/day/year and then convert it to the proper date format but my problem is I need the time stamp from these cells added back to my proper date(s). This is what I want: Sep 05 2008 8:00 Sep 04 2008 1:00 Sep 03 2008 20:30 Any help would be appreciated. |
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