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How do I change an 8 digit reversed date number into a date
Example - to change 20090331 into 31/03/2009
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How do I change an 8 digit reversed date number into a date
With the string in A1 use this in B1
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2)) ------------------------------------- Pl. click ''Yes'' if this was helpful... "jrnbru59" wrote: Example - to change 20090331 into 31/03/2009 |
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How do I change an 8 digit reversed date number into a date
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2)) will change it inot a date number,
which you can then format to show yyyy/mm/dd, or dd/mm/yyyy -- HTH Kassie Replace xxx with hotmail "jrnbru59" wrote: Example - to change 20090331 into 31/03/2009 |
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How do I change an 8 digit reversed date number into a date
Try this...
Select the cell(s) you want to convert Goto the menu DataText to Columns Click Next twice In step 3 of the wizard, under Column data format select Date In the drop down select YMD Finish -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "jrnbru59" wrote in message ... Example - to change 20090331 into 31/03/2009 |
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How do I change an 8 digit reversed date number into a date
If you have a bunch of dates in a single column, you can:
Select that column Data|Text to columns Fixed width (don't include any lines!) choose date and ymd and finish up Then format the range the way you like (dd/mm/yyyy). If you have multiple columns you can use this technique on each of them. jrnbru59 wrote: Example - to change 20090331 into 31/03/2009 -- Dave Peterson |
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How do I change an 8 digit reversed date number into a date
Assuming the date is in A1, use this formula in any other cell (B1 maybe)
and then Format that cell as a Date using dd/mm/yyyy... =--TEXT(A1,"0000-00-00") -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "jrnbru59" wrote in message ... Example - to change 20090331 into 31/03/2009 |
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