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If your &quot;20000101&quot; is in cell A1, this formula will produce a &quot;date code&quot;, which you only need then to format according to how you wish it to be displayed:<br />
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,<wbr />2),RIGHT(A<wbr />1,2))
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If your "20000101" is in cell A1, this formula will produce a "date code", which you only need then to format according to how you wish it to be displayed:
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))

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Please check the attached example file...<br />
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Please check the attached example file...
Date-formula.xlsx [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2012/02_w06/549275/Date-formula.xlsx]

Date-formula.xlsx

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This is perfect - thank you so much!
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Hello,<br />
<br />
I've been given an Excel 2007 spreadsheet that has DOB column entered like this in text format: &nbsp;'20000101' for January 01, 2000.<br />
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I don't know what Excel function may be used to get it into a format that is either mm-dd-yyyy or mm-dd-yy?<br />
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If anyone could help, it is much appreciated!
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Hello,

I've been given an Excel 2007 spreadsheet that has DOB column entered like this in text format:  '20000101' for January 01, 2000.

I don't know what Excel function may be used to get it into a format that is either mm-dd-yyyy or mm-dd-yy?

If anyone could help, it is much appreciated!

Need help formatting a DOB text field from current format of YYYYMMDD

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