Date Format MM/DD/YYYY

lmcghee

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Jun 7, 2006
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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
I an using a csv format which requires the date field to be MM/DD/YYYY, but must include all the characters, not just to be formatted to look like that. Currently the only way I can figure to do it is by changing the field to a text field and re-keying the data. This won't work for me for a larger spreadsheet with many dates, so I was hoping someone knew how to take a regular date and make it MM/DD/YYYY without being complicated. Help!
 

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