Changing format of date in Excel

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drizn - Updated on Jul 8, 2017 at 04:09 PM
 Dnbaugh - Nov 9, 2017 at 02:46 PM
Hello,

I have an excel sheet which has lots of cells in a column with the date format as - day month date time year & I wish to convert that to dd/mm/yy. How can I do that, pls help.

eg - I need to convert "sat Jun 29 00:00:00 PST 1996" to "29/06/96". How can I. Any help is appreciated.
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Thank You--At least my issue is resolved.
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kelly7898 Posts 4 Registration date Monday April 26, 2010 Status Member Last seen April 26, 2010
Apr 26, 2010 at 04:42 AM
It took me a while to find a solution to an existing list of dates, (which is what I am assuming you are working with). In my case I had international date (dd/mm/yyyy) and wanted a U.S. view (mm/dd/yyyy).
Select the Column range you want to convert (must be continuous), then click on 'Data', click 'Next' twice (ignoring the Delimted vs Fixed Width Choice & the Delimiter character, then select DMY or MDY from the drop down list. In my case, since my OP system is U.S. but the spreadsheet came from overseas, I had to go with a DMY to 'clean up"

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