If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Date inconsistent help please :)
Is it possible to clean up a date field where someone was keeping an excel
sheet but the date field is a mess For example he has 1998 2/2005 1/1/2010 We need all dates to be mm/dd/yyyy? Is there a formula or update I could run against this so he's not going thru 3000 rows of data? Thank you! -- Thank you in advance!!!! |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Date inconsistent help please :)
Hi Daisy
It would depend greatly on how the cells in question have been originally formatted, eg "TEXT", "GENERAL", or otherwise, that said, if the entire column has been formatted as "DATE", then maybe not so bad. Try this: Select the entire column. Format|Cells|Numbers|Custom Select from list, or create your own. Now, on the off chance the column has been formatted other than "DATE", then you may need to wait for another of the more knowledeable guru's as that would be beyond my knowing. HTH Regards Mark. "daisy" wrote in message ... Is it possible to clean up a date field where someone was keeping an excel sheet but the date field is a mess For example he has 1998 2/2005 1/1/2010 We need all dates to be mm/dd/yyyy? Is there a formula or update I could run against this so he's not going thru 3000 rows of data? Thank you! -- Thank you in advance!!!! |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Date inconsistent help please :)
Something like this:
=--if(len(a1)=4,"1/1/"&a1,if(len(a1)8,"1/"&a1,a1) Regards, Fred "daisy" wrote in message ... Is it possible to clean up a date field where someone was keeping an excel sheet but the date field is a mess For example he has 1998 2/2005 1/1/2010 We need all dates to be mm/dd/yyyy? Is there a formula or update I could run against this so he's not going thru 3000 rows of data? Thank you! -- Thank you in advance!!!! |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Date inconsistent help please :)
Thank you both - I'll find out and give these a try
-- Thank you in advance!!!! "Fred Smith" wrote: Something like this: =--if(len(a1)=4,"1/1/"&a1,if(len(a1)8,"1/"&a1,a1) Regards, Fred "daisy" wrote in message ... Is it possible to clean up a date field where someone was keeping an excel sheet but the date field is a mess For example he has 1998 2/2005 1/1/2010 We need all dates to be mm/dd/yyyy? Is there a formula or update I could run against this so he's not going thru 3000 rows of data? Thank you! -- Thank you in advance!!!! . |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|