I have a date 51231 (2005,dec,31) -I want to change to 2005/12/31

C

Curtis

I have a bunch of date with dates entered as 51231 for (2005/dec/31), I want
to convert these numbers into date format 2005/12/31, any suggestions,
please...

thanks in advance,

cd
 
D

David Billigmeier

=DATE(2000+LEFT(A1,1),MID(A1,2,2),RIGHT(A1,2))

Then...
<Format>
<Cells>
"Custom" tab
Enter: yyyy/mm/dd
 
B

Bob Phillips

How about

=DATEVALUE("200"&TEXT(A1,"0-00-00"))

and format as a date

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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