How to convert US date format to European

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TMeisner - 17 Jan 2006 16:46 GMT

My computer is set up to use the European style dates (ddmmyyyy), not the
USA-style dates (mmddyyyy format). So if I enter "01/06/05" I get a date of
01-June-2005. However when I download some information in CSV format at
times that same date is formatted like this: "06/01/05". However this is
interpreted as 06-January-2005 in the spreadsheet. How can I convert the US
formatted values to European, in effect swapping the first two numbers?

Thanks

T Meisner

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Dave Peterson - 17 Jan 2006 16:52 GMT

Rename the .csv file to .txt

File|open that .txt file
You'll see the text import wizard pop up and you can supply the data format you
want dmy or mdy or ydm or...

> My computer is set up to use the European style dates (ddmmyyyy), not the
> USA-style dates (mmddyyyy format). So if I enter "01/06/05" I get a date of
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> New Germany, NS, Canada
> B0R 1E0

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TMeisner - 18 Jan 2006 00:21 GMT

Worked great !! Thanks a lot, I never would have found that.

TMeisner

> Rename the .csv file to .txt
>
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>> New Germany, NS, Canada
>> B0R 1E0

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