I'm tyring to create a time series in the format of yyyy-mm (e.g 1950-01:1950-12) for the period 1950-2016.
I have changed the cell format to this custom setting but still when I try and drag down to autofill the next date after xxxx-12 is xxxx-13 instead of 01.
Can anybody advise me on how to get excel to recognize this pattern please?
Select the cells you want to format.
Press CTRL+1.
In the Format Cells box, click the number tab.
In the Category list, click custom, and then under Type, type the date format that you want
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May I know how to use excel function to formula this type of date ?
Your kind help is much appreciated.
Select the cells you want to format.
Press CTRL+1.
In the Format Cells box, click the Number tab.
In the Category list, click Date.
Under Type, pick a date format. Your format will preview in the Sample box with the first date in your data.
So I have an excel file which has a date column in the format mm/dd/yyyy Like in this picture:
I want it in the format dd/mm/yyyy and i tried formatting the cells but they dont change. at last I chose to simply extract and concat the dates in a new column but it works for some cells while with others not.. this is the result:
As you can see sometimes it works and sometimes not. this is the formula I used (please bear in mind I am just starting out with excel and I have no clue of tricks or other methods) :
what is causing the faulty results in some of the cells ? TIA
Edit: Link for the data https://data.world/markbradbourne/rwfd-real-world-fake-data/workspace/file?filename=Call+Center.csv
If they are true date then can use-
=TEXT(A2,"dd/mm/yyyy")
If they are date format stored as text then can try-
=TEXT(DATEVALUE(A2),"dd/mm/yyyy")
If you need to extract strings then concat and convert to dates then try-
=DATE(RIGHT(A2,4),LEFT(A2,2),MID(A2,4,2))
You should use the DATE formula and then format as you need
=TEXT(DATE(RIGHT(E2,4),MID(E2,4,2),LEFT(E2,2)),"dd/MM/YYYY")
DATE formula takes Year, Month, Day as parameter - and converts that into a valid date.
TEXT then does the formatting for the output
Perhaps you should first try in using Text To Columns which in built in Excel, Under Data Tab, Grouped under Data Tools,
So just select those range, Goto Data Tab --> Click On Text To Columns --> Then select Delimited in the First Step --> Next --> Next as well in the Second Step --> and in the Third Step click on Date and change it to MDY and change the destination to adjacent cell and press Finish.
Since Dates & Times are stored as Numbers in Excel hence it will return you as numbers therefore you just need to format it as dd/mm/yyyy by pressing CTRL 1 --> Format Cells dialog opens --> under Number Tab --> Click on Custom and type by removing the General --> dd/mm/yyyy.
Using TEXTJOIN() & MID() Functions, assuming you are using either Excel 2019/2021 or MS365
• Formula used in cell B2
=TEXTJOIN("/",,MID(A2,{4,1,7},{2,2,4}))+0
I have a data set with column A containing different date formats, the column format is date:
I would like to have all entries in the format dd-mm-yyyy, and one formula for the whole column.
With format cells, I could not get them into the same format.
I tried TEXT(A3, "dd-mm-yyyy"), but this does not do anything.
DATEVALUE(A3) gives me an error.
Is there a simple solution to this?
Given that Excel cannot parse the date before 01-01-1900 you'd need a proper date and then select your range, and go Data>Text to Columns.
Here, select Delimited and click Next. Deselect all options (usually only Tab is selected) and click Next. Select Date option and choose the format which seems to be DMY in your case.
Then you can use the formula such as:
=TEXT(A3,"dd-mm-yyyy")
I want to show 'Today's Date' in excel in this below format:-
Example: 12 March 2019
While I am trying TODAY() function it returns '3/12/2019'
You can use Today() function and right click on the specific cell you want to format and select the Format Cells option. In the Format Cells box, click the Number tab. In the Category list, click Date. Select the required date format from the list of formats. You could also use the Custom option to specify other fomats.
I have an excel sheet in which one of the column is transaction time and its format is HH:MM:SS. But I need transaction time in HHMM format so that i can upload that excel sheet into my application. As of now i am manually formatting each row, is there any way i can apply required format to whole column at once?
If for your eyes only:
select whole column, right click somewhere in your selection, go to Format Cells, tab Number, Catergory Custom.
Type HHmm
Press OK
done.
If you need this as the actual value:
make a column containing the following formula =TEXT(<targetcell>;"HHmm")
Note that it is language-dependant whether you need a , or ; in that formula.
You have two options:
Custom format the field.
Use a function in another cell. Suppose, cell A1 contains the text 15:48:58. You use the formula in another cell (say B1) as =TEXT(HOUR(A1),"00")&TEXT(MINUTE(A1),"00"). This gives the output as 1548.
For example, type .633 in B2 cell. When we convert 0.633 to time means we convert 0.633day. We consider 24 hours as 1 day.
Follow the steps:
Select B2 cell and right click.
From shortcut menu, go to Format cells. Format cells dialog box appears.
In the dialog box. click custom under Category list. Find hh:mm:ss from right list.
Now edit it as hhmmss in the right side just under 'Type:'.
You may read this tutorial from msofficeworld: Format Time in Excel