Convert date format from 20060801 to 1st Aug 2006 (or similar)?

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excel_irate

Does anybody know how to convert this (20060801) to a more user friendly
output?
 
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excel_irate

Thats perfect thank you, thank you. That will help me with loads of stuff.
And so quick too! Just found this community page and I'm impressed.....
 
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Toppers

Thank you for the feedback.

Much of my own knowledge has been gleaned from the Excel Newsgroups so i
commend them both as a user (there's much I don't know!) and a contributor.
 
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Gord Dibben

Data>Text to Columns>Next>Next>Column Data Format>Date>YMD or YDM and Finish.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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Gord Dibben

See one more answer to your posting.

Maybe save even more time and effort.

No formulas to clean up.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 
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