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Heven - 28 Nov 2006 14:29 GMT
10th March 2006
15.03.08
2001.04.30
feb 2006 23

how to change all the above date formats in  to a single format  as -
dd/mm/yyyy
Gary''s Student - 28 Nov 2006 17:01 GMT
If they are all dates and not text, then select them and pull-down:

Format > Cells... > Number > Custom > dd/mm/yyyy
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> 10th March 2006
> 15.03.08
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> how to change all the above date formats in  to a single format  as -
> dd/mm/yyyy
SteveW - 28 Nov 2006 18:11 GMT
Presumably they are not dates with different formats (in excel)

As the poster mentions the dd/mm/yyyy in the question, they obviously know  
the
Excel custom format feature :)

So I'll assume the various examples have been entered and need turning  
into dates
Can't see any easy way, each different type needs to be split putting day,  
month and year into 3 helper columns.
Try using string splits for 15.03.08 and 2001.04.30
In certain cases those last 2 formats can be converted using "Date -> Text  
to Columns" and using the Date option

You'll need a lookup to convert March, Feb etc into a Month number - for  
the =date()
Then resconstruct the excel data from these, using Date(year,month,day)
This last cell can then be formatted dd/mm/yyyy

Steve

> If they are all dates and not text, then select them and pull-down:
>
> Format > Cells... > Number > Custom > dd/mm/yyyy
Rookie 1st class - 01 Dec 2006 01:39 GMT
Louisville slugger applied to knuckles of offending parties. Then Format date
column containing dates as "Custom" dd mmm yyyy (IE. 30 Nov 2006) to
alleviate confusuion for all.

> 10th March 2006
> 15.03.08
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> how to change all the above date formats in  to a single format  as -
> dd/mm/yyyy

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