Excel does not store "dates", it stores numbers.
In the case of a date, it stores the number of
days since 1/1/1900.
TIME is the fractional part of a day.
so 6:00am is actually 1/4 of a 24 hour day,
so it stores it as .25
So, today at 6:00am (10/1/2009 6:00 AM)
to Excel is: 40087.25
You may choose to DISPLAY it (display formats)
as anthing you wish.
Date, Time, Date/Time, scientific (4.008725e+04)
But it is still just a number.
If you enter: 5/21/08 into a cell,
Excel recognizes it is a proper "date format" and
actually enters 39589 into the cell.
As a number, you may select a 'custom' format
so that it DISPLAYS as anything you wish:
dd.mm.yy will display as: 21.05.08
Unfortunately, 21.05.08 is just a string of characters.
If you enter 21.05.08 into a cell,
Excel "assumes" that it is a string of characters
and will not change it using a date format.
So.. somehow, you must convert your string of characters
to what Excel considers a proper date format,
so that it can interpret it accordingly.
the formula provided parses the string and
rearranges it into what Excel considers a date.
Chandra's suggestion below
breaks the components into (3) columns, which you
can then re-assemble.
Paul
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From: Chandra Gupt Kumar <kumar.bemlmum...@gmail.com>
To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2009 8:25:41 AM
Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Re: Date Format
Alternatively,
Do the following,
1. Select the column where you want to apply the date format
2. Go to >Data>Text to Coulmn>Fixed Width>Click Next>Click at the end
of date (this will insert a column break)
3. Click Next>Select from Coiumn data format Date (DMY if u like)
4. Click Finish
5. You shall have your desired output without any long and cumbersome
formulae.
Hope u find it easy and use successfully.
Regards,
AMW-2
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From:excel-macros@googlegroups.com [mailto:excel-mac...@googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Dilip Pandey
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:52 AM
To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com
Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Re: Date Format
Hi Kaustubh,
If you have these dates in column A, then try the following formula in column B
and drag it down. Thanks.
=DATE(RIGHT(A1,2),MID(A1,FIND(".",A1)+1,FIND(".",A1,2)-1),LEFT(A1,FIND(".",A1)-1))
Solved workbook is also attached.
Best Regards,
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DILIP KUMAR PANDEY
MBA-HR,B COM(Hons.),BCA
Mobile : +91 9810929744
dilipan...@gmail.com
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New Delhi - 110062
On 9/28/09, Kaustubh K <kaustubh....@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have around 500 entries which have format of date dd.mm.yy say
21.05.08 ( And the difficulty is that they are not in date format but
text format) I wish to convert them to mm/dd/yyyy date format. Is
there any trick to do so fast.
Regards
Kaustubh
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