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Can anyone suggest how I might convert a list of dates currently in the
General format of 20090210 (10th Fed 2009) to a more useful format so that I
can then run the =NETWORKDAYS() function.

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Hi Darran,

Try

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),MID(A1,7,2))

and apply the required date format.

Dave

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Can anyone suggest how I might convert a list of dates currently in the
General format of 20090210 (10th Fed 2009) to a more useful format so that I
can then run the =NETWORKDAYS() function.

Thanks

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Amazing! Works perfectly, many thanks,

Darran

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Hi Darran,

Try

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),MID(A1,7,2))

and apply the required date format.

Dave

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Can anyone suggest how I might convert a list of dates currently in the
General format of 20090210 (10th Fed 2009) to a more useful format so that I
can then run the =NETWORKDAYS() function.

Thanks

D

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Another one:

=--text(a1,"0000\/00\/00")
and give it a nice format (mm/dd/yyyy)



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Can anyone suggest how I might convert a list of dates currently in the
General format of 20090210 (10th Fed 2009) to a more useful format so that I
can then run the =NETWORKDAYS() function.

Thanks

D


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=--TEXT(A1,"0000\-00\-00") and format as date.
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Can anyone suggest how I might convert a list of dates currently in the
General format of 20090210 (10th Fed 2009) to a more useful format so that
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Thanks

D





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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:36:01 -0700, Darran
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Can anyone suggest how I might convert a list of dates currently in the
General format of 20090210 (10th Fed 2009) to a more useful format so that I
can then run the =NETWORKDAYS() function.

Thanks

D


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