Hi to all & Sharad Naik
Sharad You have given reply but i am not able to figar-out.

I have open exported file of notepad (TXT Format) Where i have data like
date, item,amtin,amtout,bal.
where data format is DD-MM-YYYY (05-01-2005)
the problem is when i conver this data from text to column, date comes in
number format like 20050105.

is there any way i can put seprater(-) after 4 character and than after 2
charcter (like 2005-01-05 )
any help

Thanks

****al shah