Covert Number to date

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Newbee

I have a spreadsheet with 20071123 is in number format. I am trying to
covert it so that excel will see those numbers as a date. It is not text but
in number format. How do I change this to make it read 11/23/2007
 
=DATE(LEFT(H1,4),MID(H1,5,2),RIGHT(H1,2))

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HTH

Bob

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Select the column with the "dates", do data>text to columns, click next
twice, under column data format select Date and from dropdown select YMD and
click finish


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom
 
Try this:

Select the cell in question
Goto the menu Data>Text to columns
Click Next twice
In Step 3 of the wizard under Column data format...
Select Date>YMD
Click Finish
 
If you want to go the formula route as Bob suggested, here is a slightly
shorter alternative for you to consider...

=--TEXT(H1,"0000-00-00")

Rick
 
This worked perfectly!!!

Rick Rothstein (MVP - VB) said:
If you want to go the formula route as Bob suggested, here is a slightly
shorter alternative for you to consider...

=--TEXT(H1,"0000-00-00")

Rick
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