Oct 14 2020 02:14 PM
I am trying to format a date column to MM/YYYY, however, none of my attempts to change the column are working.
Oct 14 2020 02:25 PM
Most probably you have texts which kooks kike dates, not the dates in terms of Excel (actually they are integer number formatted as dates).
If so, you may convert texts to dates selecting the column, Data->Text to Columns, on the third step of the wizard for the column select Date and MDY (or DMY, or else, depends on how they are presented in texts). Finish and apply desired date format to the column.
Oct 14 2020 02:26 PM
That probably means that the column contains text values, not real dates.
Select the column.
On the Data tab of the ribbon, click Text to Columns.
Click Next > twice.
In Step 3, select Date, and select the format (MDY, DMY, ...) matching the values in the column from the dropdown.
Click Finish.
Can you format the values now?
Oct 14 2020 02:36 PM
I have attempted that several times, I should mention that the cell is concatenated. I am not sure if that is a problem. But I have attempted that format step several times to no avail.
Oct 14 2020 02:40 PM
Could you attach a sample workbook without sensitive data?
Oct 14 2020 02:51 PM
This isn't going to work. Excel doesn't recognize dates before the year 1900.
If you want to display the values as MM/YYYY, use
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You won't be able to perform date calculations with these values for the reason mentioned above.