Change date from yyyymmdd to valid date format

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denilynn

I imported data from an industry-specific software into Excel. The 09/02/09
date, for example, converted to 20090902 in Excel. How can I change this to a
valid date format?
 
--Select the range of dates which needs to be corrected.
--From menu Data>Text to Columns will populate the 'Convert Text to Columns
Wizard' Hit Next>Next will take you to Step 3 of 3 of the Wizard.
--From Column Data format select Date and select the date format in which
your data is (YMD).
--Hit Finish. MSExcel will now convert the dates to the default date format
of your computer.


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something like this:

=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))

will convert to a standard XL date.
 
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