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May 17th, 2010, 05:56 PM
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Convert a text in a date format
Hi
I have imported a file where there is a field that is suposed to contain a date. It was transformed in text, like 22FEB2010. I need to treat this field as date. How can i transform it in a date format? Tks 
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May 17th, 2010, 06:01 PM
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Convert a text in a date format
xBeckx wrote:
Hi I have imported a file where there is a field that is suposed to contain a date. It was transformed in text, like 22FEB2010. I need to treat this field as date. How can i transform it in a date format? Tks Copy a blank cell. Select your "dates". Edit / Paste Special / Values / Add / OK. Result will be a 5 digit number. Select date format as desired.
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May 18th, 2010, 07:08 PM
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Convert a text in a date format
Another method.
DataText to ColumnsFinish. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 17 May 2010 09:56:01 -0700, xBeckx wrote: Hi I have imported a file where there is a field that is suposed to contain a date. It was transformed in text, like 22FEB2010. I need to treat this field as date. How can i transform it in a date format? Tks
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