There is a column in a spreadsheet with the dates likes this 20030630, I
need to have them 6/30/03. How can I get this output? I am not sure,
but I think they are in a text format.
I have another column with 16 digits and when I save it as a csv it
drops the far right digit and replaces it with a zero. How can this be
avoided? I am using Excel 2000.

Thanks

Use a formula like

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


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
www.cpearson.com



"jb" wrote in message
...
There is a column in a spreadsheet with the dates likes this 20030630, I
need to have them 6/30/03. How can I get this output? I am not sure,
but I think they are in a text format.
I have another column with 16 digits and when I save it as a csv it
drops the far right digit and replaces it with a zero. How can this be
avoided? I am using Excel 2000.

Thanks