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I have a csv file exported into excel and it has produced a number value as a date (180110) and trying to get this to show as 18/01/10 but cant as it changes it to 13/02/2393. How do i get this to show?

Also there is a 0 missing off dates such as 01/01/08 which shows as 10108, how do i get this into the same format as above?

Cheers

Gary

RE: Excel

Hi Gary,

Thank you for your question.

What progam are you uisng to export to CSV?

What format are the dates shown in that program before exporting to CSV?

Regards

Simon

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Converting an American date format to European using Formula

Excel depending on your local setting will only pick up date values of the dd mmm yyyy oders as date type. If you import data from various sources including America their date order is different with data value in mmm dd yyyy, excel can only treat it as text indicated by left aligning it. To overcome this you have to do the the following.

1. Extract the date components mmm dd yyyy, by using the the Text functions LEFT, MID or RIGHT

2. Reorder dd mmm component and concatenate using "&" in the right order this will create a text string with the date in the right order it then needss to be converted to a value so excel can recognise it.

3. To convert to value encase in TEXT function.

4. Format to desired date format.

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