Convert text to date

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Hello,

There's a report at work that returns dates in the below format. I'm wondering if there's an automatic way to convert those into dates, in a helper column.
Either formula or VBA, I don't mind.

17TH AUG
31ST AUG
14TH SEP
28TH SEP
 

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Solved.

Using the format from the above comment I created a helper column B and put in the formula:
=VALUE(LEFT($A1,SUM(LEN($A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE($A1,{"0","1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9"},""))))&"-"&RIGHT($A1,3))
 
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I believe this formula will also work...

=0+REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-5,2,"")

If it doesn't work because of locale differences, then this one will work (it creates the same date text string that your formula does)...

=0+REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-5,2,"-")
 
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