how do I change the date format from yyyymmdd to mm/dd/yyyy

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Charlene said:
how do I change the date format from yyyymmdd to mm/dd/yyyy

If your data is actually numbers that look like dates in the format "yyyymmdd",
then you would need to do something like this:

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))
 
Data>Text to Columns>Next>Next>Column Data Format>Date>YMD and Finish


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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