[libreoffice-users] Re: converting txt to dates

Am 20.03.2015 um 05:56 schrieb Emil Payne:
> On 19/03/15 08:28 PM, James wrote:
> > Column A has text strings that are DD/MM/YYYY format.
> > I want to make them real dates.
> > I tried these 2 datevalue formulas but I can't make it work.
> >
> > 14/03/2015    Err:502
> > 14/03/2015    Err:502
> >
> >
> > =DATEVALUE(TEXT(A1,"##/##/####"))
> > =DATEVALUE(A2)
> Highlight the cells
> Right click
> FORMAT CELLS
> NUMBERS tab
> In the FORMAT CODE block at the bottom, put
> DD/MM/YYYY

No, this won't work. You've got to change the global locale option in
order to change the evaluation context for existing data.

Other method: =DATE(RIGHT(A1,4),MID(A1,4,2),LEFT(A1,2))



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