Feb 26, 2007 · I have imported a DBF file into Excel and have a column of dates that are missing the leading zero on single didgit months. When I try to us the custom format of mm/dd/yyyy it doesn't work (interestingly, after I select that format if I …

Aug 9, 2017 · 3. Also, in many rows, the date info contains inconsistently formatted alphanumeric data that I haven't been able to nicely identify and convert. 4. Lastly, there are a few random rows that are not date information at all or has non-date text mixed with date info--the non-date text doesn't belong in the date column and needs its own column.

Dec 17, 2024 · If you prefer to change the format directly without using a formula: Select the cell(s) containing the date. Press Ctrl + 1 (to open Format Cells). Under the Number tab, choose Custom. Enter DD-MM-YYYY as the format and click OK. This changes how the date is displayed without altering the underlying value of the cell.

Apr 12, 2006 · You can effect limited changes to Excel's footer/header date format by adjusting your short/long date format in Windows Regional and Language Settings. Start>Settings>Control Panel.....follow your nose. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 05:12:02 -0700, Terry Sharman <[email protected]> wrote: >Thanks gls858.

Jan 8, 2009 · AFAIK -- no, you can't format a date value to show the week number via a Custom Format. You could use another cell referencing said date value: =TEXT(A1,"dd/mm/yy")&" Week "&WEEKNUM(A1,2) Where A1 holds date 4th Jan 2009

Sep 8, 2022 · Instead, you should format the cell as General or Number with zero decimal places. FYI, Excel dates are stored as integers, namely the number of days after 31/12/1899 (normally). So if you format the integers 2016, 2018 and 2019 as Date, they will appear to be dates that are that number of days after 31/12/1899, which are 7/7/1905, 10/7/1905 ...

Jun 15, 2010 · I'm familiar with the the function =TEXT(A1,"mm-dd-yy"), that converts cell A1 that has a date in it to text. How can I convert A1 to a format that will give output like this: 4_15_99 (using underscores in place of dashes)? I tried =TEXT(A1,"mm_dd_yy"), but it just inserts a space in place of dashes. Thanks

Oct 9, 2017 · it works fine when so the date format is in the worksheet as in the userform but when I reload the userform the format changes again e.g if I put 09/01/2017 in the userform it appears the same on the worksheet but when I reload the userform it appears as 01/09/2017. the code when initializing the userform is now:

Nov 9, 2017 · All I want to do is make my date format two digits for month/two for day/four for the year, and yet Excel seems determined to make this impossible for me. Here is my sheet. If you look in C2 you see I have 3/14/2012 type selected as the format.

Aug 5, 2014 · Hi I am using a custom formatting for a date in a cell that is "ABC COMPANY REPORTING TIMETABLE FOR "MMM YY When I enter 1/7/14 in the cell (we use D/M/YY in NZ) I would like it to appear in the cell as ABC COMPANY REPORTING TIMETABLE FOR JUL 14 Unfortunately it is showing as ABC COMPANY REPORTING TIMETABLE FOR Jul 14 As it is …