date formate in excel workbook

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hi

how do I format my cells in an excel table to a date format in my excel sheet?

please help....

Posted 9-Apr-14 2:48am

sxaxah

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Maciej Los · Answer 1 · 2014-04-09T03:00:00

Solution 1

Have a look here: Format a date the way you want[^]

Posted 9-Apr-14 3:00am

Maciej Los

sxaxah · Answer 2 · 2014-04-09T05:11:00

Solution 3

thanks for the responses....here is the answer.....

Sub Macro()
On Error Resume Next

Sheets("Sheet1").Select

Sheet1.Range("B:B").Select
Sheet1.Range("B:B").NumberFormat = "m/d/yyyy"
End Sub

Posted 9-Apr-14 5:11am

sxaxah

sxaxah · Answer 3 · 2014-04-09T03:10:00

Solution 2

yep have tried this but the problem when I select the date format I want the sample don't show and my cell is not formatted.

Posted 9-Apr-14 3:10am

sxaxah

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Richard MacCutchan 9-Apr-14 9:16am

Then you must be doing it wrong. Select the cell and then either right click and select Format Cells, or choose Format from the menu. It works in all versions of Excel.

Maciej Los 9-Apr-14 9:21am

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