{"id":1053,"date":"2015-02-13T20:46:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2023-11-30T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:55:09","slug":"text-to-columns-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/text-to-columns-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Text To Columns: Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you download data from an external ERP system like Oracle, SAP, etc, you can have data that is not formatted the way you and Excel likes.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes &#8220;Date&#8221; values are downloaded as &#8220;Text&#8221;, so you cannot sort in the periodic date format.<\/p>\n<p>No worries!\u00a0 Text to Columns to the rescue!<\/p>\n<p>Below I show you how to convert this &#8220;Text&#8221; data into &#8220;Excel friendly&#8221; data.\u00a0 Download the workbook to practice this cool trick!<\/p>\n<p><strong>NB:<\/strong> If the dates are not converting properly after you do the Text to Columns, it may be that your computer&#8217;s Region formats need changing.<\/p>\n<p>Go to the <em>Region<\/em> settings in your <em>Control Panel<\/em> and make sure that the <em>Short Date<\/em> is in this format: dd\/MM\/yyyy<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ic0LOZLk0M8?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Text-to-Columns-Dates.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Text-to-Columns-Dates.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>HELPFUL RESOURCE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mothresource.com\/193-8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\"  class=\"alignnone wp-image-668 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MOTH-excel_expert470x63.png\" alt=\"Data Bars, Color Scales &amp; Icon Sets\" width=\"470\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MOTH-excel_expert470x63.png 470w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/MOTH-excel_expert470x63-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you download data from an external ERP system like Oracle, SAP, etc, you can have data that is not formatted the way you and Excel likes. 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