How do I grab the date from a text string?

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powderwoo

Hi,

How would I grab the date out of a string where the date text is
located at the end of the string? The string is of variable length. IE

"I need your help 2 jun 2006"
"I have no idea what I'm doing 2 jun 2006"

I'll need to convert the date string into a integer date value.
Thanks for your help
 
Hi,

Maybe you can use something along the line of: (String in A4)

=DATEVALUE(RIGHT((A4),11))

Regards,
Bondi
 
If there is never any digit in the string before the date substring at
the end:

=REPLACE(A2,1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789"))-1,"")+0
 
Hi!
"I need your help 2 jun 2006"
"I have no idea what I'm doing 2 jun 2006"
Click to expand...

Are the quotes part of the string?

If not:

=DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,LEFT(A1,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789"))-1),""))

Biff
 
I'd go with Bondi's suggestion, unless you have substrings like 4Jan06
or 2 aug 99.
 
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