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Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns

Whenever you import data from your company’s server, ERP system or any other source for that matter,... read more

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Overview

Whenever you import data from your company’s server, ERP system or any other source for that matter, the Dates usually come in a TEXT format.

I will show you a cool trick where you can turn the TEXT Date to a values Date that Excel can read and work with.

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STEP 1: Let’s confirm that the Dates are in TEXT format by including the ISTEXT function.

A TRUE means that it is a TEXT format:

Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns

STEP 2: Now that we know that our Dates are in TEXT format we can select the Dates column

Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns

STEP 3: Go to Data > Text to Columns > Finish

Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns

This will turn the TEXT Date into an Excel Date!  How quick was that?!?!?!

Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns

If this does not fix your dates then you can use other methods to clean up that sticky, stubborn TEXT date:

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THIS TIP WAS INSPIRED BY JORDAN GOLDMEIER ON THE FOLLOWING EXCEL TV EPISODE:

Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns

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