On 27 Jul 2011 at 9:16, Steve Edmonds wrote:
Date sent: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:16:02 +1200
From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Calc. Changing format of data
types
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If I have a string in a cell, say 30/08/2011 and the format is general
(I don't know what types the data) can this be changed to a date data
type without having to re-enter all my data.
steve
I just did a test on this formula seemed to work for me, but my
system uses mm/dd/yy.
A1 has text 30/08/2011
B1 has formula
=DATEVALUE(MID(A1,4,2)&"/"&MID(A1,1,2)&"/"&MID(A1,7,4))
Which converts the value, but it would require positions would
have to be exactly correct.
A2 has text 08/30/2011
B2 has forumula =DATEVALUE(A2)
perhaps DATEVALUE would work with the DD/MM/YYYY format if
that is the default for your setting?
Get the formula in another column, and then do a copy special to
copy the value back to the original column.
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