My computer is set up to use the European style dates (ddmmyyyy), not the
USA-style dates (mmddyyyy format). So if I enter "01/06/05" I get a date of
01-June-2005. However when I download some information in CSV format at
times that same date is formatted like this: "06/01/05". However this is
interpreted as 06-January-2005 in the spreadsheet. How can I convert the US
formatted values to European, in effect swapping the first two numbers?

Thanks

T Meisner

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1025 Osborne Rd.,
New Germany, NS, Canada
B0R 1E0

Rename the .csv file to .txt

File|open that .txt file
You'll see the text import wizard pop up and you can supply the data format you
want dmy or mdy or ydm or...



TMeisner wrote:
>
> My computer is set up to use the European style dates (ddmmyyyy), not the
> USA-style dates (mmddyyyy format). So if I enter "01/06/05" I get a date of
> 01-June-2005. However when I download some information in CSV format at
> times that same date is formatted like this: "06/01/05". However this is
> interpreted as 06-January-2005 in the spreadsheet. How can I convert the US
> formatted values to European, in effect swapping the first two numbers?
>
> Thanks
>
> T Meisner
>
> --
> 1025 Osborne Rd.,
> New Germany, NS, Canada
> B0R 1E0

--

Dave Peterson

Worked great !! Thanks a lot, I never would have found that.

TMeisner


"Dave Peterson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Rename the .csv file to .txt
>
> File|open that .txt file
> You'll see the text import wizard pop up and you can supply the data
> format you
> want dmy or mdy or ydm or...
>
>
>
> TMeisner wrote:
>>
>> My computer is set up to use the European style dates (ddmmyyyy), not the
>> USA-style dates (mmddyyyy format). So if I enter "01/06/05" I get a date
>> of
>> 01-June-2005. However when I download some information in CSV format at
>> times that same date is formatted like this: "06/01/05". However this is
>> interpreted as 06-January-2005 in the spreadsheet. How can I convert the
>> US
>> formatted values to European, in effect swapping the first two numbers?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> T Meisner
>>
>> --
>> 1025 Osborne Rd.,
>> New Germany, NS, Canada
>> B0R 1E0
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson