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scohen819
Jun 12, 2019Copper Contributor
Excel Date Conversion
I've been trying all day to convert 2019-04-29T00:00:0004:00 to yyyy-MM-dd. Can't seem to figure it out. I had the formula once before, years ago, but no luck this time. So frustrating. Tha...
Haytham Amairah
Jun 12, 2019Silver Contributor
Hi,
You can use this formula below to convert it into a proper date:
=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,6,2),MID(A1,9,2))
After that you can press Ctrl+1 to open the Format Cells dialog box, then go to Custom and use this custom format (yyyy/mm/dd), then hit OK.
Hope that helps