Excel document.
I have a date value in a cell. Then I have used TEXT function to format this date as a text:
=TEXT(A1;"dd-mm-yyyy")
It works. But does a default value exist for date format? Something like this:
=TEXT(A1;date)
In general, no.
As a workaround, which may work in some cases, you could use =TODAY() in one cell (say, A1), which should have the default date format, and =CELL("format",A1) in A2, which will contain a result given in a table in http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/excel-help/cell-function-HP010062392.aspx.
You would have to inquire about the result being D1 to D5, and then translate it into a suitable format string.
No it doesn't as it would be locale specific. (e.g. US a default could be MM/DD/YYYY, in the UK DD/MM/YYYY. That would make spreadsheets very brittle).
The only standards are ISO-8601 which specifies YYYYMMDD and ISO-8601-Ext which specifies YYYY-MM-DD.
I would suggest you are always explicit with your formatting. In that respect, by not supplying a default, Excel helps.
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Hi all I want to change the date format from dot to slash and I have tried all ways of changing the date from control panel and also from the "Format option" in excel but nothing works.
Please would anyone can recommend how can I do this bulk change of format of date except doing it manually.
Any advices would be much appreciated.
First of all, make sure the value you have in the spreadsheet is a valid date.
Excel might interpret the value as plain text.
After you make sure it is a date, then you can change the date format using the cell attribute editor
You can use formatting like dd/mm/yyyy or mm/dd/yyyy
You can use substitute to replace the dot with a slash, then wrap that with datevalue to convert to a date. Lastly, format the cell as your desired Date format (such as Short Date or Custom).
Below, column A is your original data.
Column B contains the following formula:
=DATEVALUE(SUBSTITUTE(A2,".","/"))
Output:
In a google spreadsheet I define some vertical cells with Format 'Date' as '29.5.2019' (i.e. day.month.year). In the cell below I define a formula
=A3+7
to get the date one week later. But no matter what I enter in "A2", I get an error like:
Function ADD parameter 1 expects number values. But '29.5.2019' is a text and cannot be coerced to a number.
So although I think that the format in A2 is a date, the spreadsheet thinks its a text. So how to fix that?
Date should be in the format dd/mm/yyyy.
I have a column of dates with this format (19960124) for instance, and I want to change it to this format (yyyy-MM-dd) on Excel.
I tried all the date formates in Excel, but it gives me #################..etc.
How can I fix this?
Sadly, just changing the format is not good enough.
If you use a Custom Format of:0000-00-00 you get:
But this is not a true date. You need a formula to convert it into a date.
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))
Assuming your date string is in A2, then try this...
In B2
=DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2))
And you can then format the formula column with the desired date format.
You can use the Text function to change the date format in the formula itself, but then the date would be considered as a text string not a real date.
Sometimes this happens that Excel refuses the Cell Format command, to get rid from that better use Text command,
=Text(A1, "yyyy - mm-dd")
Drag if required.
ONE more simple example,,
=IF(A3="India",TEXT(C3*53.55,"Rs. #,##0.00"),IF(A3="U.K.",TEXT(C3*0.66,"£ #,##0.00"),IF(A3="Japan",TEXT(C3*99.5,"¥ #,##0.00"),C3)))
I have a date cells which contain the date format with the general. I want to change its cell with the same format like other cells but the problem is if I change it then it will change the entirely format of its cell.
What I've tried so far is within this formula inside of its formatting cells
(mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss)
But I all I want to is just using the same format like the others. Thanks
Check on the file please try to change the value and any helps will be so much helpful
https://hotfile.com/dl/157148115/5ee7808/datesample.xlsx.html
The dates are stored as text
You can use datevalue and timevalue to convert the data to a real date format
in A2, enter =DATEVALUE(A1)+TIMEVALUE(A1) to get a value you can format as you wish
"05/02/2012 16:23:53" 41031.68325
"05/02/2012 16:23:53" 41031.68325
"05/04/2012 08:17:52" 41033.34574
the value displayed in the 2nd column is the excel representation of a date/time - you can then format these how you want, or do calculations to get durations.
How i can convert number 20020415 to date 15.04.2002. I am working in Microsoft Excel 2003?
Thanks!
If your numbers are always in the same format (i.e. yyyymmdd) then use Excel's Date function to convert your number to a date:
For example, assuming date 20020415 is in cell A1, then in cell B1 use:
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))
This will make sure your number is of a date format which will make it easier to use in the future if you want to treat it like a date.
Then, using Format > Cells, select 'Date' and select the appropriate formatting option (in your case 15.04.2002).
As an aside, you can access the 'Format Cells' dialog box using the shortcut keys CTRL+1. I find this a highly useful shortcut to know.
If A1 contains a number instead of text, you can use this:
=DATE(INT(A1/10000),INT((A1-10000*INT(A1/10000))/100),A1-(100*INT(A1/100)))
This can then be formatted using Excel formatting options.
Let cell A1 contains the text 20020415.
=CONCATENATE(RIGHT(A1, 2), ".", MID(A1,5,2), ".", LEFT(A1, 4))
will produce 15.04.2002.
Afterward, if you want to store the value and not the formula you can copy and paste the value only.
Note: this method still keeps the date as text.