Converting ISO date format to MS_readable

ballydehob

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I get data that uses a date format (YYYYMMDD) [no hyphens/slashes].
There is no conversion tool (that I can see) for getting this into something that MS-Excel and Access can recognize.
 

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Select the dates, Data > Text to Columns. Click Next twice and on the third screen tick Date and select YMD then click Finish.
 
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Seven years later it still works! My ISO dates had dashes in them and it still formatted the way I wanted it to. Thanks - I have been trying for three days to find an answer.
 
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