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Default Format text 'dates' to real dates

Greetings,

I have a text file that I'm working with that includes 2 columns of dates in
the format yyyymmdd, however Excel sees these columns as text and therefore
any formatting I apply as far as date formats doesn't work. I tried custom
format and I get #####. Attempting to use any of the Date formats gets me no
change at all.

My end goal is to convert these two columns of 'dates' to display Julian Day
format, but in order for any of the formulas I've found to work, Excel must
see these as true dates.

Thanks,
~Jacy
 
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