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    Setting Text to date.

    Hello,

    I have a problem with an file that I have exported from another software program (I believe in CSV). The file seems to be in tekst format but I can not change it to date format. I need to know which weekday is which date. So january 1st is a tuesday and so on..

    Thanks for the help in advance!
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    Re: Setting Text to date.

    Please try this file.
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    Re: Setting Text to date.

    Welcome in forum.

    Try in B2 and copy down

    =DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A2;"/";"/"))

    Format the cells as "ddd"

    In Netherlands you use semi colons as separators. Don't you?
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    Re: Setting Text to date.

    Thanks for the fast reply! This works perfectly.

    In Netherlands you use semi colons as separators. Don't you? >> Yes thats correct!

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    Re: Setting Text to date.

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