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Data Dumps and Formatting

K

Ksandra2901

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Hi All,


I'm hoping this is pretty simple to fix.


I have a data dump which is showing the date as 20120603. Obviously Excel is seeing it as one big number and so I can't format it as a date.


Is there a simple way to convert it into a date format? DD/MM/YYYY?


K
 
Assuming that date was June 3rd, 2012, helper column with this formula should help:

=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))


If it was March 6, 2012, this formula:

=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),RIGHT(A2,2),MID(A2,5,2))
 
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