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Thomas Taylor wrote
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Regards Andras and Kaj's exchange--- yes adjusting the "Date acceptance
patterns" (Tools -> Options -> Languages:) to include DD/MM/YYYY --if not
already present for the local, will without any formula manipulations allow
the existing column of text strings to be correctly parsed as date cell
formatting.

Andras is correct though, the FORMAT CODE on the Format Cells dialog will
not have the desired affect, it only controls the display of data correctly
cast as date values.   

Either formula based string conversion as Andras suggests, or adjustments to
the Date acceptance patterns that Kaj mentions will work.



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