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Good Day

In the attachment is sample data that I am trying to change to date format. I have managed to change some of the dates in the Arrival column but not all of them. I have tried using local and splitting the time from the date but not successful. The file is downloaded from our sales database.

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Hi David,

The "dates" in columns B:F are in fact texts and I note the dates are in the dd/mm/yyyy format. Provided that your system setting for dates is the same, you can easily transform them to real date/time values (i.e. numbers).

Select column B. On the Data ribbon, press "Text to columns". Change nothing and press Finish. Column B has now been transformed into date/time values. Repeat for the remaining date/time columns. Now, you can format the date/time to your liking.

Does this work for you?

 

Obviously, you can use PowerQuery for this as well, but that might be overkill.

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Hi Riny

Thanks very much so simple I feel stupid. It work perfectly and thanks for the tip.

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