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To convert a text date in a cell to a serial number, use the DATEVALUE function. Then copy the formula, select the cells that contain the text dates, and use Paste Special to apply a date format to them. Follow these steps: Select a blank cell and verify that its number format is General.
In this tutorial, I showed you how to convert text to date in Excel using various techniques. The method you use would depend on whether your date is in a format that Excel would recognize as a proper date or not.
To convert text in an unrecognized date format to a proper Excel date, you can parse the text and assemble a proper date with a formula based on several functions: DATE, LEFT, MID, and RIGHT.
The tutorial explains all possible ways to convert text to date in Excel – by using the DATEVALUE and VALUE function as well as non-formula solutions. It also demonstrates how to change a number to the date format.
Here’s a brief overview of how you can convert various text formats into the date formatting in Excel. We will discuss several functions that can convert text into date and time. We’ll use a simple dataset containing various dates in text form.
Method #1: Use the DATEVALUE Function to Convert Text to Date in Excel. The DATEVALUE function converts a date from a text string to a number representing the date. Therefore we can use the function to convert text having date formats supported by Excel to serial numbers representing dates.
How to convert text to date values using formulas, and other familiar Excel tools. This article explores different scenarios where you have dates on a spreadsheet being stored as text. We cannot analyse the data if Excel does not recognise its form.
How to Convert Text to Date in Excel: 10 Ways. We have Dates in the text format in the Date column which are Left-aligned. The real dates will be Right-aligned. The text dates are in dd-mm-yyyy format. We will use this data table to explain the methods of converting text to date.
This lesson looks at several ways you can convert a date which Excel is treating as text into a proper date value in Excel. Use the DATEVALUE function to convert text to a date. The DATEVALUE function takes a text value and tries to convert it into a date.
Converting text to date in Excel is a simple process that can help you to work more efficiently and accurately with your data. By following these steps, you’ll be able to convert your text data to date format quickly and easily, and take full advantage of Excel’s built-in Date and Time functions.