Hi Prabhu, Try the below formula in cell B2.
=IF(AND(ISNUMBER(A2),LEN(A2)=5),--TEXT(A2,"YYYYMMDD"),"") Drag the B2 cell formula to the remaining cells of B Column based on the Column-A data. At the same time the same is provided in the attached excel for better understanding. Hope that helps! --- *Sixthsense **:) Man of Extreme & Innovative Thoughts :) * On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Prabhu <prabhugate...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Friends, > > I have change my cell which in the date format ex.YYYYMMDD or DDMMYYYY to > original number i.e smiler to > type date.I have attached the sheet in which Column A shows date format and > Column B is what i need to convert A in to B as a number. > > Plz help. > > Regards > > Prabhu > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Some important links for excel users: > 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : > http://twitter.com/exceldailytip > 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 > 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com > 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com > 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com > > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link > http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Follow us on TWITTER for tips tricks and links : http://twitter.com/exceldailytip 2. Join our LinkedIN group @ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1871310 3. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 4. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.quickvba.blogspot.com 5. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Like our page on facebook , Just follow below link http://www.facebook.com/discussexcel
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