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nisha - Sep 3, 2008 at 01:36 AM - Latest reply:  appu
- Jul 23, 2013 at 07:34 AM
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Hello, I have got dates typed in the format following 01.08.98 and I want to change it to 01/08/1998 format.i tried applying the format we have in excel format cell date format but nothing is happening.please help me on this.
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john - Mar 17, 2009 at 03:19 AM
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Hi , please use data text to columns to seprate the values and the use the date function to create the format you desire.

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Partha - Aug 11, 2009 at 01:41 AM
Hi,
I want to know how shall I change the date in Microsoft SQL server database.
Partha.S.Singha
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Balaji - Jul 28, 2010 at 09:30 AM
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If it is in YYYYMMDD format
select the column go to DATA TAB
select text to columns
give two next and in third one select date radio button and select YMD format this will be converted to D/M/YYYY format dont get panic
now select the same row with d/m/yyyy format and right click and select fomat cells in that select date in locale select english(u.k) browse for any date option on top and select it....
simple now YYYYYMMDD converted to YYYY-MM-DD

Balaji Raghunathan
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:) - Sep 4, 2010 at 02:28 PM
works the best! thank you
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Vishal - Sep 20, 2010 at 07:50 AM
This is great !

thankx a lot. This has saved a lot of time.
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NICK - Feb 6, 2009 at 01:28 PM
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Just use replace function under EDIT/REPLACE or press Ctrl+H.
Replace the . (dot) by a forward slash / .

Then you will be able to change the format.
If not, copy the result and paste it again in the column to force Excel to recalculate cells.
Good luck.
N.
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Alison M - Apr 29, 2010 at 05:51 AM
This worked best for me - it seems like a regular issue!
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Barbara - Jul 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM
This worked great ! Thank you so much !
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appu - Jul 23, 2013 at 07:34 AM
gud solution
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Vaishu - Jul 26, 2010 at 02:25 AM
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Use replace all function... Replace all '.' with '-'.
The format will change.
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shil - Aug 18, 2010 at 05:41 AM
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Instead of 01.05.2010 I need 01/05/2010. But while typing 01/05/2010 it takes 5th date of Jan mont h year as 2010.So how to do this pls help me.
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rizvisa1 4482 Posts Thursday January 28, 2010Registration dateContributorStatus January 6, 2016 Last seen - Aug 18, 2010 at 07:34 AM
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Shil, it is the regional setting. You should type as per regional setting. For display purpose you can change the format of the cell to the way you want it to look
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notebookpc 24 Posts Monday August 25, 2008Registration date June 6, 2009 Last seen - Sep 3, 2008 at 05:14 AM
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if you tell me that you have tried to change the format in excel and nothing happens then there must surely be some problems with your microsoft office and try to uninstall it and then reinstall it it should work fin and I really cant understand why it does want to change the format...
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