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I have a field in a delimited CSV. file 20060229 and want to convert it to a
date field reading 29/02/2006. How can I do that?

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There are only 28 days in February in 2006. You should get March 1 as
1/3/2006 using =DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),(RIGHT(A1,2)))
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"DD" wrote:

I have a field in a delimited CSV. file 20060229 and want to convert it to a
date field reading 29/02/2006. How can I do that?

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After you import the .csv file, you can select that field and use data|text to
columns.

You can specify ymd as the field type.

DD wrote:

I have a field in a delimited CSV. file 20060229 and want to convert it to a
date field reading 29/02/2006. How can I do that?

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You can only make it TEXT to appear to be 29/02/2006.

=RIGHT(A1,2)&"/"&MID(A1,5,2)&"/"&LEFT(A1,4)

If turned into a DATE it becomes 3/1/3006 as there is no Feb 29th in
2006.....

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

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"DD" wrote in message
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I have a field in a delimited CSV. file 20060229 and want to convert it to
a
date field reading 29/02/2006. How can I do that?

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You can't because there's no such date as 29/02/2006 but if you have a
real date e.g. 20060228 you can either...

..use Data Text to Columns and at step three choose date option and
YMD.

or with a formula, assuming your "date" in A1

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


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Sorry, 3/1/2006 not 3/1/3006...."you know what I meant"....the formula is
ok, just mine typing is tired.......bed time here in St. Petersburg,
Florida......

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3




"CLR" wrote in message
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You can only make it TEXT to appear to be 29/02/2006.

=RIGHT(A1,2)&"/"&MID(A1,5,2)&"/"&LEFT(A1,4)

If turned into a DATE it becomes 3/1/3006 as there is no Feb 29th in
2006.....

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

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"DD" wrote in message
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I have a field in a delimited CSV. file 20060229 and want to convert it
to
a
date field reading 29/02/2006. How can I do that?