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Refusing to Date Format
When I retrieve a column of dates from a web query into Excel, it
returns the following: 2007-02-16 15:31:26 2007-02-16 15:39:18 2007-02-16 15:49:42 2007-02-16 15:40:02 2007-02-16 16:00:03 No matter how I try to format it, it refuses to accept the date formatting. Tried formatting the cell. Tried paste special - format. By accident, I hit F2 to edit the cell, and simply hitting Enter, the date format changes to 2/16/2007 15:19 When I accidentally activated the cell, Excel recognized it as a date and turned it into something useful. So, what is going on - and what can I do to convert these seemingly nonsensical dates into a format Excel recognizes as a date? |
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Refusing to Date Format
You have text, not dates. Copy a blank cell, select the cells with the
dates, and Edit|Paste Special... choose Add. This will convert them to numbers. Format to suit. HTH Kostis Vezerides On Mar 13, 8:22 pm, "broux" wrote: When I retrieve a column of dates from a web query into Excel, it returns the following: 2007-02-16 15:31:26 2007-02-16 15:39:18 2007-02-16 15:49:42 2007-02-16 15:40:02 2007-02-16 16:00:03 No matter how I try to format it, it refuses to accept the date formatting. Tried formatting the cell. Tried paste special - format. By accident, I hit F2 to edit the cell, and simply hitting Enter, the date format changes to 2/16/2007 15:19 When I accidentally activated the cell, Excel recognized it as a date and turned it into something useful. So, what is going on - and what can I do to convert these seemingly nonsensical dates into a format Excel recognizes as a date? |
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