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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / July 2006see example:formating
I have an example where the date given is in one cell like 06/16/2006 and Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting purposes. can anyone tell me how to do this? Richard, with date in A1, =MONTH(A1) =DAY(A1) =YEAR(A1)  SignaturePaul B Always backup your data before trying something new Please post any response to the newsgroups so others can benefit from it Feedback on answers is always appreciated! Using Excel 2002 & 2003 > I have an example where the date given is in one cell like 06/16/2006 and > Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting purposes. can > anyone tell me how to do this? I see a couple of options, here is one solution First, lets assuem the date you have is in column a, and my example will assume A2 has the first date: Use 3 unused columns and place the following formulas in these columns: Col. 1: =month(A2) Col. 2: =day(A2) Col 3: =year(a2) The other option is to use the Data/Text to Col command and specify the "/" as the deliminter but this you will need to reformat the columns to numbers. > I have an example where the date given is in one cell like 06/16/2006 and > Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting purposes. can > anyone tell me how to do this? I am having much difficulty gettings the results I want, mostly because I'm not very savy with excel, I would prefer to use the text to columns option. what I am trying to do is have the month, day and year displayed in three columns if you could write the formula out for me, I would be much oblidged. thanks >I see a couple of options, here is one solution > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> and Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting >> purposes. can anyone tell me how to do this? He already gave you the formulas =YEAR(A2) will give you the years as in 2006 etc the same for month and day SignatureRegards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one stop digging." Lord Healey >I am having much difficulty gettings the results I want, mostly because I'm >not very savy with excel, I would prefer to use the text to columns [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> and Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting >>> purposes. can anyone tell me how to do this? Richard If you want to use text to columns, there is no formula. Just go to Data>Textr to columns>De-limited by / and hit Finish. Format all 3 columns as General after you split. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP >I am having much difficulty gettings the results I want, mostly because I'm >not very savy with excel, I would prefer to use the text to columns option. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>> and Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting >>> purposes. can anyone tell me how to do this? I would like to thank you for your input, It took me awhile but after some persistence, I got it to work. I'm indebted to the Newsgroup. >I see a couple of options, here is one solution > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> and Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting >> purposes. can anyone tell me how to do this? Why do you need to split to sort them, it will sort by date order as it is. -- HTH Bob Phillips (replace xxxx in the email address with gmail if mailing direct) > I have an example where the date given is in one cell like 06/16/2006 and > Iwould like to display the date in three columns for sorting purposes. can > anyone tell me how to do this? I'm afraid you don't understand. this information is birthdates and it would save me much time if I could sort this information by the month,day and year, as I normally send cards out on birthdays if I sort this information that is all in one column, it's not in the desired order. > Why do you need to split to sort them, it will sort by date order as it > is. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> can >> anyone tell me how to do this?
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