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Date Conversion
Good morning Gurus
I have a cell into which the following string is entered "14FEB2005"... This is a value extracted from a file. This is currently being handled as a text by Excel. What could be the formula I need to transform this value into a date like "14-feb-2005" and have it treated like a real date? I tried to use Date (mid(),mid(),mid()).. but got an error for the month conversion... Any other suggestion? Thanks a lot Michel |
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Try this:
With A1: 14FEB2005 B1: =--A1 OR...you can use Text-to-Columns and set that cell's data type to Date: DMY Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron XL2002, WinXP "MIchel Khennafi" wrote: Good morning Gurus I have a cell into which the following string is entered "14FEB2005"... This is a value extracted from a file. This is currently being handled as a text by Excel. What could be the formula I need to transform this value into a date like "14-feb-2005" and have it treated like a real date? I tried to use Date (mid(),mid(),mid()).. but got an error for the month conversion... Any other suggestion? Thanks a lot Michel |
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Michel, If your text is in A1 then =VALUE(A1) Format as Custom dd-mmm-yyyy. HTH Steve -- SteveG ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SteveG's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...fo&userid=7571 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=563359 |
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MIchel Khennafi wrote: Good morning Gurus I have a cell into which the following string is entered "14FEB2005"... This is a value extracted from a file. This is currently being handled as a text by Excel. What could be the formula I need to transform this value into a date like "14-feb-2005" and have it treated like a real date? I tried to use Date (mid(),mid(),mid()).. but got an error for the month conversion... Any other suggestion? Thanks a lot Michel Hi Michel Not that it's any better than the other posts but also: =DATEVALUE(D3) Regards Steve |
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