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![]() Hello. I am currently having a problem with text/dates. I am importing data from another file that is completely text formatted. Some of the columns in this file contain dates in the form of "Jan-01-06," and it is always "MMM-DD-YY." I am trying to find the difference between two of these dates, but it will not work because of the text formatting. ie. A formula that would output the difference between Jan-16-06 and Jan-12-06 (the answer would be 4 days). I am wondering if there is any easy way to convert them to dates (changing format does not work). I have thought about just using the LEFT command to grab the middle two numbers for the date, but that does not take into consideration month or year changes. Please let me know if you can help. Thanks in advance! Nick -- thekovinc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thekovinc's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=29378 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=512340 |
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