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Convert Date to Text
Hi Folks - I have a date in the following format: 2008-09-24. Is there a way
to convert this to text so it displays as 2008-09-24? Thanks. Michael |
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Convert Date to Text
You could use a helper cell:
=text(a1,"yyyy-mm-dd") Michael wrote: Hi Folks - I have a date in the following format: 2008-09-24. Is there a way to convert this to text so it displays as 2008-09-24? Thanks. Michael -- Dave Peterson |
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Convert Date to Text
=TEXT(A2,"yyyy-mm-dd")
using a help column then copy and paste special as values over the old if they are not needed anymore. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Michael" wrote in message ... Hi Folks - I have a date in the following format: 2008-09-24. Is there a way to convert this to text so it displays as 2008-09-24? Thanks. Michael |
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