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Need help with Date format... normal formatting / text to column cannot correct it...

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    Need help with Date format... normal formatting / text to column cannot correct it...

    Hi There,

    I hope someone can help me solve this date format issue.

    I want to convert a date with time to only dd-mmm-yy format however normal method do not work as the dates are from various users. Please see attached file for the sample the problem i am facing.
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    Re: Need help with Date format... normal formatting / text to column cannot correct i

    Welcome to the forum.

    Select the column, do Data > Text to columns, Finish. That converts the dates stored as text to dates. Then format as you wish.
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    Re: Need help with Date format... normal formatting / text to column cannot correct i

    Hi SHG,

    i tried that but it does not work. certain dates still remains the same.. u can use my attachment to see if u can get it correctly done? Maybe i am doing something wrong here...

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    Re: Need help with Date format... normal formatting / text to column cannot correct i

    I did use your attachment, exactly as described, and it worked fine.

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