format date time
5/12/2005 1:20:33 PM = text field
10/20/2004 10:02:40 AM = text field I need to extract just the date and ignore the time. Tried =MID(F2,1,9) and it worked for 5/12/2005 1:20:33 PM. Output showed 5/12/2005 Apparently this would not work for 10/20/2004 10:02:40 AM. Output would show 10/20/200. Is there a work-around for this or a different formula that can be used? |
format date time
Hi IT05, (certainly hope that's not your real name),
Dates are stored as days past a base date, and time is fractional days both can be in the same cell as a number. If format is all you want then format as mm/dd/yyyy but if you need the value then you can use =MOD(A1,1) which will remove decimal places and format as mm/dd/yyyy dates are numbers so you can change the format without reentering because you are not switching between text and numbers (or numbers and text).. More information on Date and Time http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/datetime.htm http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm "IT05" wrote in message ... 5/12/2005 1:20:33 PM = text field 10/20/2004 10:02:40 AM = text field I need to extract just the date and ignore the time. Tried =MID(F2,1,9) and it worked for 5/12/2005 1:20:33 PM. Output showed 5/12/2005 Apparently this would not work for 10/20/2004 10:02:40 AM. Output would show 10/20/200. Is there a work-around for this or a different formula that can be used? |
format date time
Try =DATEVALUE(F2) format as date -- daddylonglegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daddylonglegs's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30486 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=513373 |
format date time
If you want to keep the result as text =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) or =TEXT(DATEVALUE(A1),"m/d/yyyy") -- daddylonglegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ daddylonglegs's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=30486 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=513373 |
format date time
One mo
=INT(--A1) And format as a date. The -- converts the text to numbers and the int() drops the fractional portion (the time). IT05 wrote: 5/12/2005 1:20:33 PM = text field 10/20/2004 10:02:40 AM = text field I need to extract just the date and ignore the time. Tried =MID(F2,1,9) and it worked for 5/12/2005 1:20:33 PM. Output showed 5/12/2005 Apparently this would not work for 10/20/2004 10:02:40 AM. Output would show 10/20/200. Is there a work-around for this or a different formula that can be used? -- Dave Peterson |
format date time
Oops serious problem with my reply as MOD(A1,1) would retain only
the time not the date. Dave Peterson 's integer response would be |
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