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Back to basics of excel 2003
Having a limited memory, please help me to recall the solution
i have cell values below in a column of *text dates* <m/d/yyyy '5/5/2008 '3/19/2008 '5/6/2008 '4/12/2008 '3/26/2008 '12/28/2008 problem is - it was imported and i need them to be reckognized as real date values by xls 03. The * ' * is quite hard for me to recall of how i can clean them. -- regards, |
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Perhaps like this:
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)*1 with your date in A1 - format the cell as a date, then copy down as required. You could also try Data | Text to Columns. Hope this helps. Pete On Apr 28, 1:30*pm, driller wrote: Having a limited memory, please help me to recall the solution i have cell values below in a column of *text dates* <m/d/yyyy '5/5/2008 '3/19/2008 '5/6/2008 '4/12/2008 '3/26/2008 '12/28/2008 problem is - it was imported and i need them to be reckognized as real date values by xls 03. *The * ' * is quite hard for me to recall of how i can clean them. -- regards, |
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Data (menu) | Text to Columns
will work. -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware (Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming) "driller" wrote in message Having a limited memory, please help me to recall the solution i have cell values below in a column of *text dates* <m/d/yyyy '5/5/2008 '3/19/2008 '5/6/2008 '4/12/2008 '3/26/2008 '12/28/2008 problem is - it was imported and i need them to be reckognized as real date values by xls 03. The * ' * is quite hard for me to recall of how i can clean them. -- regards, |
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thanks again to Pete and Jim.
-- regards, "Pete_UK" wrote: Perhaps like this: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)*1 with your date in A1 - format the cell as a date, then copy down as required. You could also try Data | Text to Columns. Hope this helps. Pete On Apr 28, 1:30 pm, driller wrote: Having a limited memory, please help me to recall the solution i have cell values below in a column of *text dates* <m/d/yyyy '5/5/2008 '3/19/2008 '5/6/2008 '4/12/2008 '3/26/2008 '12/28/2008 problem is - it was imported and i need them to be reckognized as real date values by xls 03. The * ' * is quite hard for me to recall of how i can clean them. -- regards, |
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You're welcome.
Pete On Apr 28, 2:02*pm, driller wrote: thanks again to Pete and Jim. -- regards, |
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