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user_28CB
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Oct 06, 2020
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My date format does not apply to every cell

Hello guys,  I retrieve a data file (excel) from a web platform. I want to modify the date&time format from  10/1/2020 7:57:00 AM to 10/01/2020 07:57 and show it in a new sheet. I a...
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    Oct 06, 2020

    user_28CB 

    Hi. if you look at your A-column it's Aligned to the left and probably a text. You have to change it to Excels date-format before you change it back to text in the format you wish.

     

    It looks as if the data is in American date format with the month first.

    If your Computer uses some kind of logical based date-system the conversion might get messy.

     

    2 solutions that might work

    1.)

    Select column A. goto

    DATA->text to column->next, next: Date MDY  (with the month first. Use the correct letters in your language)

    If this doesn’t work (the AM/PM might mess things up) you could try.

    2.)

    Select a date-text-cell somewhere in column A

    Data->Get an transform-> table/interval:

    Since the source data is USA-formated the data is probably transformed correctly (close and load).

    This gives you a table with excel-dates that can be manipulated in any way you want

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