Thanks Tony - I think I need to wait for the long answer 

Regards
Jon

On Monday, 8 June 2020 12:28:43 UTC+1, TonyM wrote:
>
> Quick answer
>
> Longer one later,
>  use split[/] to get each part than resemble them with a concatenation
>
> Regards
> Tony
>
> On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 4:11:32 PM UTC+10, Jon wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Tony & Eric.
>>
>> How do I convert  a date like 20/06/07 into 2020/06/07?
>>
>> The dates are in a spreadsheet and range over 10 years. I first tried 
>> using find & replace eg.replacing '01/' with' 2001/' for 01/02/25 but that 
>> replaces the month field in subsequent dates.
>>
>> Regards
>> Jon
>>
>> On Sunday, 7 June 2020 23:08:01 UTC+1, TonyM wrote:
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> You can import and reformat later. However I recommend converting the 
>>> incomming date/title to one using the full serial date and put it in its 
>>> own field e.g. published-date. You can then use all the tiddlywiki date 
>>> list and format features on the date. You can leave the title as imported. 
>>>
>>> I/we can share the code if you want it.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Tony
>>>
>>>

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