Hi Kaustubh, Follow These steps. 1. Add two new columns next to the column containing date(say column A). 2. Select column A (column contining date) then goto Data>Text to Columns.. 3. Click on Delimted option then Next 4. Uncheck Tab option in Delimters and check other: and write '.' (dot) in the box next to it. Click Next. 5. Click finish. Your date will distributed in three columns. 6. Use function DATE( ) in cell D1. It will require three argument. First is year choose C1 for it. Second is month choose B1 for it and the last is date choose A1 for this. 7. Copy and Paste this function in column D for all dates. 8. Then select Column D. Press Ctrl+C. goto Edit>Paste Special. Check the box for Value and click ok. 9. Remove Column A, B and C. 10. You have done.
Regards Sandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kaustubh K" <kaustubh....@gmail.com> To: "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" <excel-macros@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:10 PM Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Re: Date Format Hi Abhishek, Thanks for your reply ! But there is one problem. Suppose I have date 5.6.08 ( June 5, 08). If I replace . by / then I ll get 5/6/08 date format is mmddyy and my date will change and it will be May 6,08. On Sep 28, 3:02 pm, Abhishek Jain <abhishek....@gmail.com> wrote: > Easy and simple - > > Select your column and press Ctrl+H (replace) put *.* in find what and put > * > /* in replace with...click replace all. > > you're done. > > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Kaustubh K <kaustubh....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > I have around 500 entries which have format of date dd.mm.yy say > > 21.05.08 ( And the difficulty is that they are not in date format but > > text format) I wish to convert them to mm/dd/yyyy date format. Is > > there any trick to do so fast. > > > Regards > > Kaustubh- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> HELP US GROW !! We reach over 6,500 subscribers worldwide and receive many nice notes about the learning and support from the group. Our goal is to have 10,000 subscribers by the end of 2009. Let friends and co-workers know they can subscribe to group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros/subscribe -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
