I am trying to change the time in each Date/Time cell so that the time is 5:00:00. So that 05/10/2021 07:00:00 becomes 05/10/2021 05:00:00.
I have tried turning the cell into plain text, splitting it by the decimal and rejoining with the appropriate time, but it breaks my other formulas even though the format looks identical. I have also tried splitting the date and time, then using '''=CONCATENATE(text(A2,"M/D/YYYY")& " " &text($B$2,"H:MM:SS"))''' - the formulas still break.
if this is a valid DateTime cell just go into spreadsheet settings and change the timezone of your sheet to -2
update:
=INDEX(IF(A1:A="",,TEXT(INT(A1:A), "dd/mm/yyyy")&" 05:00:00"))
I have following string:
CO_CAS_REA_NO_VIPPLUS_20190402_BONUS
I would like to Extract the Date part (20190402) and convert it into DD/MM/YY format if possible.
I have tried some 'Search' and 'extraction' formulas but to no avail.
does anyone have any ideas how to do this in excel or VBA?
Other variations of the data string would be like:
COCASREAHVPLUSVIPUK20190827CRMFSDEP
COCASREALVWINFIDEGL20190809CRMPTS
COSBINFLVFIDE20190830CRMBET
CO_CAS_RET_HVMV_UK_20190830_RB
COSB_REA_181INF_HVMV_FIDE_20190809_CRM_RB
COSBREAHVMVGL20190831CRMFBFSQUAL
COSBINFLVNO20190816CRMFB
Suppose in each string you only have one 8-digit numerical string representing the date in the form of YYYYMMDD that you want to extract, you can use one of the following three formulas to return the date:
Method 1:
=DATE(LEFT(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),4),MID(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),5,2),RIGHT(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),2))
Method 2:
=DATEVALUE(LEFT(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),4)&"/"&MID(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),5,2)&"/"&RIGHT(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),2))
Method 3:
=DATEVALUE(TEXT(MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)),"0000-00-00"))
Please note, all methods are using array formula so you MUST press Ctrl+Shift+Enter upon finishing the formula in the formula bar otherwise they will not function correctly. Then you can simply drag the formula down to apply across.
The logic is to use this array formula =MAX(IFERROR(--MID(A1,ROW($A$1:INDEX($A:$A,LEN(A1))),8),0)) to extract the numerical string first. Method 1 & 2 follow the same logic which is to extract the year YYYY, month MM and day DD component from the numerical string and then use use DATE or DATEVALUE function to return the date. Method 3 is using a formatting trick to quickly turn the numerical value into a text date and then use DATEVALUE function to convert the text date into a "real" date.
Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers :)
Assume your data put in Column A
In B2, enter formula :
=0+TEXT(AGGREGATE(14,6,--MID(A1,ROW($1:$250),8),1),"0000-00-00")
Then, B2 >> Format Cell, in the Number tab, choose: "Date" >> select dd/mm/yy
All copied down
with excel-formula, make use of MID() function
=MID("CO_CAS_REA_NO_VIPPLUS_20190402_BONUS",23, 8)
with VBA, you can split it with "_"
dte_str = Split("CO_CAS_REA_NO_VIPPLUS_20190402_BONUS", "_")(5)
You might find this more flexible if the text to the left changes:
Just to save you typing here is the formula in cell C1:
=MID(A1,FIND("LUS_",A1,1)+4,FIND("_BON",A1,1)-FIND("LUS_",A1,1)-4)
It does however assume that the 4 characters either side of the date are always the same.
Assuming the strings are in Column A and you're only looking for the year 2019 you could use this
=DATE(LEFT(MID(A1,SEARCH(2019,A1),8),4), MID(MID(A1,SEARCH(2019,A1),8),5,2), RIGHT(MID(A1,SEARCH(2019,A1),8),2))
I have stored some data entrys in a CSV file in following Format:
Thu Jul 28 08:42:33 GMT+01:00 2016
and need to convert it to just a time stamp (eg. h:m:s). How can I quickly and easily do this?
To convert a text date in a cell to a serial number, you use the DATEVALUE function. Then you copy the formula, select the cells that contain the text dates, and use Paste Special to apply a date format to them. Select a blank cell and verify that its number format is General.
If the size is fixed, then assuming the string is in A1:
=MID(A1,12,8)
The result can then be converted to an actual time value using TIMEVALUE.
Looks like a simple call to a single function would extract the substring you want, since it begins at a specific offset and only runs for eight characters (two hh plus colon plus two mm plus colon plus two ss).
I have huge amounts of raw data that are separated by columns. All is well when i import these to Matlab except for the fact that I just saw that the excel files contains different formats for the dates.
One series (i.e 3 days, 1 row or each hour gets 3x24 rows) have its' dates in the format "mm/dd/yyyy" which neither excel or matlab recognizes as proper dates.
I've tried solving this problem in different ways. First i tried to just highlight the cells and use the function format cells, but this didn't work since excel doesn't see them as 'cells' but rather as 'text'.
Then i tried the Text to columns function which didn't work either (delimited or fixed width).
Im really stuck and would appreciate some help with this.
In Excel:
If cell A1 has a string like mm/dd/yyyy then try this:
=DATE(RIGHT(A1,4), LEFT(A1,2), MID(A1,4,2))
In Matlab:
=datenum(yourDateString, 'mm/dd/yyyy')
Select the desired range to fix and use this script:
Sub bulk_Date_fix()
on error resume next
Set d_ranged = Selection
For Each a In d_ranged
a.Value = Split(a.Value, "/")(0) & "/" & Split(a.Value, "/")(1) & "/" & Split(a.Value, "/")(2)
Next
on error goto 0
End Sub
How it works: The above script loops through all the cells in the selected area and splits out the various attributes of a date based on the "/" symbol.
I examined your file and you will need to go back to the source data to straighten this out. Instead of "opening" the file in Excel, you will need to IMPORT the file. When you do that, the text import wizard will open, and you can then designate the date column as being of the format DMY (or whatever format is being generated by the source).
The problem is that there is a mismatch between the format of the file, and your Windows Regional Short date format. If you look at Row 229, you will see that real dates are present, but out of sequence with the rest.
Excel parses dates being input according to the Windows Regional Short Date settings. If the date doesn't make sense, according to that parsing (e.g. month > 12) , Excel will interpret the date as a string; if the date does make sense, it will be interpreted as a date in accordance with that windows regional date component order, and this will be different from what is intended.
So the first few hundred dates are strings, but at line 229, the date, which is probably meant to be 12 OCT 2014, gets changed to 10 DEC 2014. This will happen in other areas where that value in the 2nd position is 12 or less.
EDIT: I am not certain of the variabilities inherent in using XL on the MAC. In the Windows version of XL, the "text import" feature is on the Data Ribbon / Get External Data Tab:
When you click on that and open a text file, you will see the Text Import Wizard, and when you get to Step 3, you will be able to specify the text format of the data to be imported:
I'm using the d Format on the date field
So when the report's Language is on German(de), July 22, 2012 appears as:
22.07.2012
When I switch the report's Language to English(en), July 22, 2012 appears as:
7/22/2012
How can I make the English date appear as 07/22/2012? i.e. the dates should appear as two digits regardless of the month being two digits or single digit
You can use custom date format such as MM/dd/yyyy. If you need custom format only for English report then you can use expression =IIf (User!Language = "en", "dd\mm\yyyy", "d")
You can use the following expression in you report to show the date in dd/mm/yyyy format. Following screenshot shows date time with and without modification to the expression.
Expression:
=string.Format("{0:MM/dd/yy}",Fields!ModifiedDate.Value)
Without modification
With Modification:
Hope this helps!