[libreoffice-users] Re: date strings to date

On 2020-07-02 2:50 a.m., Luuk wrote:
> On 2-7-2020 00:53, James wrote:
> > I have a column of date strings like "Thu, Aug 1, 2020".
> > I want to convert them to a real date column.
> Suppose the date is in B2, then:
>
> =DATE(RIGHT(TRIM(B2);4);(FIND(TRIM(MID(B2;FIND(",";B2)+1;4));"JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep")-1)/3+1;1) 
>
>
> You only need to:
>
> 1) Extend the monthnames ("JanFeb...") for the rest of the year
>
> 2) Fill in a formula for the day in the month (currently set to 1
=DATE(RIGHT(TRIM(A449),4),(FIND(TRIM(MID(A449,FIND(",",A449)+1,4)),"JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec")-1)/3+1,TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(MID(A449,FIND(" 
",A449)+5,2),",","")))


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