The first part of our tutorial focuses of formatting dates in Excel and explains how to set the default date and time formats, how to change date format in Excel, how to create custom date formatting, and convert your dates to another locale. Continue reading
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How do I convert a date format from YYYY/MM/DD to MM/DD/YYYY?
Hi! All the necessary information is in the article above.
Hi how can I convert date stored as text in format 030723 into 03/07/23 stored as date
Thanka
Hi! You can find the answer to your question in this guide: How to convert 8-digit number to date in Excel. Set the date format you want in the formula cell as described in the article above.
It works! Thanks
Why does INT(2023-01-06T00:00:00Z) lead to an error, instead of isolating the DATE?
I can't find a way to remove the time from the timestamp; always get Error Value!
Hi! You are using a math function with a text string. To select a date from this text, select 10 characters using the LEFT function.
LEFT("2023-01-06T00:00:00Z",10)
Maybe this article will be helpful: How to convert text to date and number to date in Excel.
IT,S REALLY GOOD WAY TO RESOLOVE THE PROBLEM,THANKS
Using Format/Format Cells... to alter "mm/dd/yyyy" to Custom "d mmm yyyy" worked, but not for 19th century dates.
Hi! Dates prior to the year 1900 are not supported in Excel.
how to change year format for example 01-sep-2023 to 01-sep-2024
Hi! This is not a number format, but a date value. Recommended reading: How to add and subtract dates, days, weeks, months and years in Excel.
23rd Aug 2023 convert to 23-Aug-23 format
Hi! Remove extra characters using the REPLACE function and change spaces with "-" using the SUBSTITUTE function.
=SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE(A1,3,2,"")," ","-")
To convert this text to a date, you can use the DATEVALUE function.
15/02/20 19/55/12 how to change time form 19.02.2020 15:07:12
Hi! Need your help pls. I downloaded a data with this sample date and time
Fri, 04 Aug 2023 01:12:40 GMT
However, when I opened the file it shows 1691111560. Please advise. Thank you!
Hi Alex,
My Excel show as 08-01-2023 18:00 and read as by excel as 8 Januari 2023 09:00 PM.
How to change excel to read as 1 August 2023 09:00 PM ? I usually using text to column, but now its not working, maybe because there's hour number in that date.. I dunno..
Use text to coloumn and change the mdy into dmy
Hi! You need to convert date format to another locale. How to do it, read this guide: How to change date format in Excel and create custom formatting.
Can someone help how to fill the dates in series without changing the hh:mm?
07-Dec-22 16:20
00-Jan-00 16:22
00-Jan-00 16:27
00-Jan-00 16:36
00-Jan-00 17:03
00-Jan-00 18:09
00-Jan-00 18:28
00-Jan-00 18:38
00-Jan-00 18:49
00-Jan-00 19:06
00-Jan-00 19:18
00-Jan-00 19:28
Hi! There is no logical sequence in the data you wrote. Also 00-Jan-00 is not a date. Maybe this article will be helpful: How to create a sequence of dates in Excel. For example:
=SEQUENCE(10,1,A3,1)
A3 - date & time.
Can someone help how to fill the dates in series without changing the hh:mm?
Is there way to change a mm/dd/yyyy date into the week of the month or week of the year it falls into?
Hi! To find the week number, use the WEEKNUM function.
Try these formulas:
=WEEKNUM(A1,21)
=WEEKNUM(A1,21)-WEEKNUM(EOMONTH(A1,-1)+1,21)
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If you use "mmmm" in the date format, you will get the first letter of the month capitalized. To capitalize the entire month name, convert the date to text using the TEXT function and UPPER function. For example,
=UPPER(TEXT(A2,"dd.mmmm.yy"))
how to write date in format March' 2021
Hi! Try to use this date format - mmmm' yyyy
What date would it be in 41.56 years from now
Hi! The following tutorial should help: How to calculate age in Excel.
Try the following formula:
=DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-INT(A1),MONTH(TODAY()),DAY(TODAY())-((A1-INT(A1))*365))
How to conert date 01/01/2020 to 01.01.2020
Go to replace: replace from / to .
Change the date format as described in the article above.
if you receive a file with dates in American format ("mm/dd/yy") and you want to convert them to European format,
here's a simple method:
suppose the date in cell B3 is: 4/15/2013 and you want to convert it to 15/04/23,
you can do it in one formula:
=LET(a,TEXTSPLIT(B3,"/"),DATE(INDEX(a,3),INDEX(a,1),INDEX(a,2)))
Hi. I am used to inputting dates using the format MM/DD/YY or YYYY. However, after updating, it seems that Excel doesn't read this as a date anymore. It would only recognize a date if my input format is DD/MM/YY. How do i make Excel read dates inputted as MM/DD/YYYY? Thanks in advance!
Hi! Pay attention to the following paragraph of the article above: How to change the default date and time formats in Excel.
Hi, I am trying to format date in excel but a hashtag # keeps displaying from the output.
Hi! Specify which date you are trying to format and which format template you are using. Also pay attention to the width of the column. Perhaps the column needs to be wider.
Your articles are excellent – very clear and complete. I find them very useful. In this one the section "How to create a custom Excel date format for another locale" seems to omit a couple of details that interest me. My MSOffice language is UK English and I have a workbook where I want to optionally be able to display everything in German. For cells containing dates I find that, as you say, a format like "[$-407]d mmm yy" displays dates in German. But when dates are displayed in German it is logical to expect to be able to enter them in German too, but I am finding with (Excel 2010, Win10) that Excel does not apply the locale code in the format to input. For example, if I enter "3 okt" Excel does not recognise that as a valid date: it accepts only "3 oct". Is there any way to get Excel to parse input in German, or any other locale than the current MSOffice language? (If conditional formatting can do it, that would be a solution. I'm also competent in VBA.)
A second point you didn't mention is that when my workbook is opened on a French computer the cell format I just mentioned now needs to be "[$-407]j mmm aa". Should Excel notice when a workbook developed on an English computer is being opened on a French one, and convert cell formats automatically? Or should I expect to have to do this myself in a VBA workbook-open event or suchlike?
Hi! If you do not use the standard date formats, but use custom formatting and specify a country code, Excel will not change the code on its own. Also, the date entry format depends only on your computer's local settings.
Hello,
I downloaded an ebay report and want to convert this date/time format: Sep-26-20 20:29:03 PDT to: 09/26/2020
I've eliminated the trailing characters with the =left function and that left me with Sep-26-20 but I cannot get that to convert to 9/26/20. I tried changing the format but that did not correct the format. I would appreciate any tips of help to move this forward. Thanks!
Hi!
Extract the required text strings with the MID and LEFT function. Create a date using the DATE function.
I believe the following formula will help you solve your task:
=DATE(20&MID(A1,8,2),MONTH(DATEVALUE(1&LEFT(A1,3))),MID(A1,5,2))
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you!
Thank You
Hi. I want to change my this date format 31/10/2022 12:49 AM to 2022-10-31T00:49:00 this format in excel how can I do it? Help me find this out.
Thanks in advance.
I want to change my date from 3/27/2023 to 03/23/2023 the date is on left hand side instead of right hand side.
Have read the article more than twice and tried all the suggestions but non work for what I want.
Please kindly help.
Hi! Try this date format: mm/dd/yyyy
Hi!
All the information you need for your task is in the article above. Here is the date format for you:
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss
But what I am trying to ask is this is the format in my first column 31/10/2022 12:49 AM (Assume column as A2).
I want the next column to be linked with before column(which is A2) as get output as 2022-10-31T00:49:00.
To understand what the date and time format is, read the article above carefully. I also recommend that you read this manual: Time formatting in Excel: 12/24 hour, custom, default.
I'll see but can u share formula for the present one which I mentioned above?
how to change number format to Date format Ex: 20230207 to07/03/2023
Hi!
Here is answer to the same question.
Hi,
I changed the date locale to German so the date I enter displays in the German format d/m/y. However, I still have to enter the date in the US way m/d/y.
How can I change the cell so that I can enter the date in the German way?
Hi!
Follow the instructions in this paragraph above: How to change the default date and time formats in Excel.
Hi Alex, I have this problem:
A list with some dates in this format mm/dd/yyyy, others like this mm/yyyy, and others only like this yyyy. The first two excel can handle fine, but the yyyy can't, for example, I have 2022 and excel transform to 7/14/1905, but I neet to transform into 01/01/yyyy if no, I can't sort by oldest or newest.
Do you know any solution to this?
I have thousands of date data, some are aligned to right hand side as date, while others aren't and are at left side.
The one on the left are in m/dd/yyy as against mm/dd/yyy.
Have formated the cells, value which gives me #VALUE! , date and date value as #Value!.
Please kindly help on how to make all my date mm/dd/yyy and to be on right hand side.
Thanks.
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Hi! If the date is left-aligned, then it is text, not date. Use this guide: How to convert text to date in Excel.
Hello!
You can convert the year number to a date using the DATE function. See here for more information: DATE function with formula examples to calculate dates.
For example,
=DATE(A1,1,1)
I want to change date format from 04/26/2018 to 26/04/2018. I tried using all custom options but there is no change, please suggest some formula for the same
Hi!
Custom date format dd/mm/yyyy. Please read the above article carefully.
how do I change a date format from 04.02.2023 to 04/02/2023 in a sales converter in excel?
Hi!
I kindly ask you to have a closer look at the article above. Have you tried the ways described in this blog post?
I have date in format dd/mm/yyyy… i want to change format as mm-dd-yyyy
Please re-check the article above since it covers your case.
I cannot change region settings in my PC to perform such activity for date format as its locked our company,, appreciate if you can tell me if there is alternates solution in excel sheet itself
Hi!
You can make custom regional settings in date format. See these recommendations: How to create a custom Excel date format for another locale. I hope it’ll be helpful.
=TEXT(A6, "MM-DD-YYYY")
Got solution
Thank u
Hi Alex!
Thanks for this detailed and helpful post about time format customization...
I am looking for a custom formating which, when I enter a decimal number, just show it as time.
Want to change decimal point (.) to colon ( : )
For example if I enter 11.39, I want it to show in cell as 11:39.
Is it possible???
Hi!
The decimal point is the Windows system separator and cannot be replaced in a custom user format.
hello i would like to ask. in my excel, the date is put as General format. example: 202302 which stands for 2023/02. so how can i format it to 2023/02 since i need to calculate the remaining months between 202302 and 202501 as well. hence i would like to ask on answer for this. thanks a lot!
Hi!
The following tutorial should help: How to convert text to date and number to date in Excel.
Try this formula:
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),RIGHT(A1,2),1)
To calculate the difference between dates in months, use these instructions and examples: DATEDIF function to get difference between two dates.
DATEDIF(DATE(LEFT(A1,4),RIGHT(A1,2),1),DATE(LEFT(B1,4),RIGHT(B1,2),1),"m")
Hi,
My excel won't do any format of the date I have entered.
I entered 01-2022 and want to format to jan-22, but nothing happened. Also tried other formats, still didn't change at all. It used to do it correctly, but now nothing happened.
How can I fix this?
Hi!
Remember how you changed the date format before and use the recommendations from the article above.
Thank you, this was helpful!
Is there a way to change the how the date displays based on the value of the cell? I haven't seen this option in conditional formatting. What I want to do is display all dates in months except for May, June, and July as mmm. d (ex. Jan. 1, Feb. 7, Dec. 31, etc) and then the May, June, and July dates to be spelled out without a period (May 31, June 6, July 16). Is there a way to do this directly in the cell so I can just enter it as 6/1/22 and it get formatted as June 1 or (in the same cell) enter it as 8/31/22 and it get formatted to Aug. 31?
I figure I could use a helper column with an if function maybe, but it would be better if I could get the settings to work directly. Thanks!
Hi!
Use the MONTH function in a conditional formatting formula to determine the month number. For example
=MONTH(A1)=6
You can also find useful information in this article: Excel conditional formatting for dates & time.
I am trying to extract time from a text in cell A1 for example
(Cell A1) Smith, John Lunch 03:02 (where 03:02 is 3 mins and 2 secs and the output should be 00:03:02) . Appreciate your help.
I want to change datetime format to Date format like 30 May 2022 11:15:00:000 to 30-05-2022. How i can achieve this? Experts input pls. Thanks in advance.
Hi!
How to change the date format is described in detail in the article above. If the date is written as text, use these guidelines: How to convert text to date in Excel. Here is an example formula:
=DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,11))
You can parse more than 500 combinations representing dates in text format and convert them to regular excel dates with Convert Text to Date tool.
Is there a way to change the day hours?
I want to define a day between 10:00 - 18:00 to calculate the working hours correctly.
How can I apply this change to Excel?
Hi Alexander,
I actually couldnt find the following problem any where if i try to look it up.
I am trying to format the cells to change an input of (for example) 11 to 11:00.
But when i set the cellformat to -Time- it changes the value to 11-01-1900 00:00:00.
Even when using custom formatting to (hh:mm) it still converts the 11 into a date and time.
Is there a way where i can input an absolute number ranging from 0 to 72 and have excel convert is to a hh:mm format?
Thanks a million.
Hi!
Such conversion when entering a number is possible using VBA. You can also use an input mask.
Hi Alexander,
I am getting error value with DATEVALUE(06/12/2022). Can you please suggest me.
Thanks
Hi!
The DATEVALUE function works with text. Use quotation marks. DATEVALUE("06/12/2022") See detailed instructions here: How to convert text to date and number to date in Excel.
How do I change this format mmddyyy to this format ddmmyyyy?
Hi!
All the necessary information is in the article above.
I want to change this format 02.11.2022
into 2022-11-02
=DTAE(RIGHT(A1,4),MID(A1,4,2),LEFT(A1,2))
Dear Team
How can I convert following time format through a formula 3 hr. 21 min. into 3:21 format.
Thanks in advance
Hi!
In your data, the time is written as text. Extract numbers from text as described in this tutorial: Excel substring functions to extract text from cell.
Use the TIMEVALUE function to convert text to time.
For example:
=TIMEVALUE(LEFT(A2,2)&":" & MID(A2,SEARCH(" ",A2,5),3))
IT IS WORKING VERY WELL,
THANKS A LOT
Hi guys, is it possible to change date and time format to days?
e.g.
from:
25/10/2022 0:00
to:
Day 1
and
from:
26/10/2022 0:00
to:
Day 2
Thanks
Hi!
You can only get these values using a formula if you use this instruction: Calculate number of days between two dates in Excel.
="Day "&A1-DATE(2022,10,24)
Hey Alexander! Thank you for all the nice reply for people! I am Sure you do a lot of good!
I have a problem when trying to import CSV into excel as numbers that are displayed is not the same as in the console. This is an issue as I need the number-value, but the console shows a long-date with clock aswell.
For an example:
Value: Console:
880 is 05/02/1900 16.00.00
1077 is 13/02/1900 21.00.00
1104 is 15/02/1900 00.00.00
2000 is 23/03/1900 08.00.00
Etc. Etc.
I want to get the values and stop it from avoiding giving me what's in the console. What is the issue here excactly and how do I bypass this? I tried with a xlookup, datevalue and so forth, but nothing works! It is like the numbers printed are belived to be long-date format with time. I need the Value-data as shown above, and I need some kind of formular who can convert the console-values displayed to the right above, to the values displayed to the left above.
Appreciate your help!
Hello!
Unfortunately, I cannot understand how you get such values and what console you are talking about. These dates cannot be these numbers in the Excel system. Maybe this article will be helpful: How to convert (open or import) CSV file to Excel. Or explain the problem in more detail.
How about converting this date format (when pasting from another spreadsheet) - 2022-04-13 09:58:14
I would like it to simply be short date mm/dd/yyyy, no matter how I format the cells before I paste, I always get this silly format. I don't want to have to use text to columns every time. Is it possible? It is this format in like 3 columns worth of data for all my lines. I need to be able to update this report swiftly.
Hi!
I can assume that when you insert data from another table, you get not a date, but a text. Try to use these recommendations: How to convert text to date in Excel.
Dear sir
convert date format from 29/07/1979 to date format 10.11.2021
Hi!
Please re-check the article above since it covers your task.
Hi Sir,
Need your help to provide me a formula to change below date & time which is combined as number
20220804090848 (yyyymmddHHmmss)
I need it as, dd/mm/yyyy HH:mm:ss
Thanks.
Hi!
To convert your digits to date and time, I recommend using the article: How to convert text to date and number to date in Excel.
You can use this formula:
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4), MID(A1,5,2), MID(A1,7,2)) + TIME(MID(A1,9,2), MID(A1,11,2), MID(A1,13,2))
how to change whole culom with 22/09/2022 00:00 to 09/09/2022 in excel please?
Hi!
If you want to exclude seconds from the date format, change the format as described in the article above. If you want to subtract 13 days, use these recommendations: Subtract dates in Excel; add days, weeks, months or years to date.