Dates in Excel

Copper Contributor

I download files and the dates are displayed as 01/08/2022.
Using Formatting cell - Date does not help. My calculations does not pick this up as a date and do not work.

 

The format I require is 2022-08-01

 

I have a list of these and need to convert them.

2 Replies

@CarinusR 

Select such values in a column.

On the Data tab of the ribbon, select Text to Columns.

Click Delimited, then click Next >.

Clear the check boxes for the delimiters, then click Next >.

Select Date, then select DMY from the drop-down next to it.

Click Finish.

Apply the desired format.

 

Repeat for other columns if necessary.

@Hans Vogelaar Many, many thanks. It works 100%.