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I was given a spreadsheet and the date is displayed 20130821 as today for example. I need to format the dates to read Aug-21 but can't for the life of me figure this out. Any help will be appreciated.
I was given a spreadsheet and the date is displayed 20130821 as today for example. I need to format the dates to read Aug-21 but can't for the life of me figure this out. Any help will be appreciated.
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if that is indeed exactly what your date looks like, then it is not exactly a date, but text (or a regular number) that just looks like a date - a date in excel is really a 5-digit number representing how many days have passed since 1/1/1900.
To convert that to a date, use this, andthen format as required...
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))
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Or =--TEXT(A1,"00-00-00")
Format the result as mmm-dd
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Try this..
Data-- Text to Columns --Delimited by -- Next -- Next -- Date -- YMD -- Finish
Format cell as mmm-dd
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This worked perfect! Thanks!Originally Posted by shg
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