change custom format number to text

i have a long colum of custom formated dates i need to change them into text
in order to prosses them -the custom format is dd/mm/yyyy h:mm the cell reads
01/09/2005 9:30 the number that shows up is 38596.39583 when i try to convert
the format to standard text. is there a function that will do this for me?

With your date/time value in A2, use the following in an empty column & copy
down:
=TEXT(A2,"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm")

If using VBA, you can use the Format function with pretty much the same
arguments. Both functions do essentially the same thing: convert a numerical
value into text with the specified formatting.

HTH,
--
George Nicholson

Remove 'Junk' from return address.


"joey" <joey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A91C0951-6CCF-4FE1-A725-962FD1F53E9F@microsoft.com...
>i have a long colum of custom formated dates i need to change them into
>text
> in order to prosses them -the custom format is dd/mm/yyyy h:mm the cell
> reads
> 01/09/2005 9:30 the number that shows up is 38596.39583 when i try to
> convert
> the format to standard text. is there a function that will do this for me?

Just add an apostrophy in front of the date. Be sure to do it in the formula
bar.
So if you see 9/16/2005 make it '9/16/2005
--
Gary''s Student


"joey" wrote:

> i have a long colum of custom formated dates i need to change them into text
> in order to prosses them -the custom format is dd/mm/yyyy h:mm the cell reads
> 01/09/2005 9:30 the number that shows up is 38596.39583 when i try to convert
> the format to standard text. is there a function that will do this for me?

Thanks George - just what i needed

"George Nicholson" wrote:

> With your date/time value in A2, use the following in an empty column & copy
> down:
> =TEXT(A2,"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm")
>
> If using VBA, you can use the Format function with pretty much the same
> arguments. Both functions do essentially the same thing: convert a numerical
> value into text with the specified formatting.
>
> HTH,
> --
> George Nicholson
>
> Remove 'Junk' from return address.
>
>
> "joey" <joey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A91C0951-6CCF-4FE1-A725-962FD1F53E9F@microsoft.com...
> >i have a long colum of custom formated dates i need to change them into
> >text
> > in order to prosses them -the custom format is dd/mm/yyyy h:mm the cell
> > reads
> > 01/09/2005 9:30 the number that shows up is 38596.39583 when i try to
> > convert
> > the format to standard text. is there a function that will do this for me?
>
>
>