{"id":2588,"date":"2016-03-05T01:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T00:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2024-04-21T17:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T15:17:42","slug":"turn-text-dates-to-excel-dates-with-text-to-columns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/turn-text-dates-to-excel-dates-with-text-to-columns\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you import data from your company&#8217;s server, ERP system or any other source for that matter, the Dates\u00a0usually come in a TEXT format.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ml2xhNemAOQ?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"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<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Text-to-Columns-One-Click.xlsx\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Text-to-Columns-One-Click.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 1<\/strong><\/span>: Let&#8217;s confirm that the Dates are in TEXT format by including the <strong>ISTEXT function<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A TRUE means that it is a TEXT format:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/istext-function.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2589\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/istext-function.png\" alt=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" width=\"427\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/istext-function.png 427w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/istext-function-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span> Now that we know that our Dates are in TEXT format we can <strong>select the Dates column<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/select.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2590\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/select.png\" alt=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" width=\"154\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/select.png 154w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/select-134x300.png 134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>STEP 3:<\/strong><\/span> Go to<em><strong> Data &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/excel-text-to-columns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Text to Columns<\/a> &gt; Finish<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/text-to-columns.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2591\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/text-to-columns.png\" alt=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" width=\"662\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/text-to-columns.png 662w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/text-to-columns-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will turn the TEXT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/datepart-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Date into an Excel<\/a> Date! \u00a0How quick was that?!?!?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/final.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2592\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/final.png\" alt=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" width=\"406\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/final.png 406w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/final-300x268.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If this does not fix your dates then you can use other methods to clean up that sticky, stubborn TEXT date:<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"headline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/text-to-columns-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Text To Columns: Dates<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"headline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/turn-text-to-values-with-excel-paste-special-values\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turn Text To Values With Paste Special Values<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"headline\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/top-excel-data-cleansing-techniques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Top Excel Data Cleansing Techniques<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>THIS TIP WAS INSPIRED BY JORDAN GOLDMEIER ON THE FOLLOWING EXCEL TV EPISODE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LoTruWcP1ac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-2595 noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2595 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/exceltv.png\" alt=\"Turn Text Dates To Excel Dates With Text To Columns\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/exceltv.png 702w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/exceltv-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever you import data from your company&#8217;s server, ERP system or any other source for that matter, the Dates\u00a0usually come in a TEXT format. 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