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    Change the order of the date inside a cell

    Hi guys,

    I have a column with dates. But I need them in backward order.
    The format of the cells (the whole column) is text and it should remain that, so to change the format of the cell is not an option.
    What formula can cause the following result?

    'A' column is the original, 'B' column is the desired one.

    A
    A B
    1 2016-10-10 10-10-2016
    2 2016-10-10 10-10-2016
    3 2016-10-11 11-10-2016
    4 2016-10-12 12-10-2016
    5 2016-10-12 12-10-2016
    6 2016-10-12 12-10-2016

    And so on...

    Thank you all!

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    Re: Change the order of the date inside a cell

    How about something like this... =RIGHT(A1,2)&"-"&MID(A1,6,3)&LEFT(A1,4)
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    Re: Change the order of the date inside a cell

    You can use the text to columns feature to change the format of a date.
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    Re: Change the order of the date inside a cell

    Thank you, indeed, using right, left, mid, thank you!

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    Re: Change the order of the date inside a cell

    Quote Originally Posted by AliGW View Post
    You can use the text to columns feature to change the format of a date.
    Thanks, but it isn't an option, because I am using a foreign language excel version (hungarian) and when I import a CSV it changes the formats of the date, so I should import as TEXT, and later, I have to compare with other dates, which are also in text format...

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    Re: Change the order of the date inside a cell

    You could shorten it a bit, by including both hyphens within the MID term:

    =RIGHT(A1,2)&MID(A1,5,4)&LEFT(A1,4)

    Hope this helps.

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