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JennyHoA20181
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Jul 11, 2023
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Date Formatting Issue Excel

Hello,   For some reason half the dates in the columns 'Date' and 'Start Date' are in a different format. I can format half of them as dates and hence group by month/year but the rest seem to be ig...
  • HansVogelaar's avatar
    Jul 11, 2023

    JennyHoA20181 

    The values that resist formatting are text values, not real dates, even though they look like dates.

    You can do the following:

    • Select column A.
    • On the Data tab of the ribbon, click Text to Columns.
    • Select Delimited, then click Next > twice.
    • In step 3 of the wizard, select Date, then select MDY from the dropdown next to it.
    • Click OK.
    • Repeat these steps for column D.

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