Unable to Change Date Format in Excel ? You need to watch this | Microsoft Excel Tutorial

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  • In some scenarios you will not be able to change date format in excel because the date will be formatted in text. In this tutorial im teaching you how to change date using the Text to column option in excel.
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  • @MITutorials
    @MITutorials  2 роки тому +38

    If this video has solved your problem consider supporting my channel by pressing the THANKS Button above.

  • @samluz1477
    @samluz1477 Рік тому +7

    FINALLY someone answers an excel question with a short, to the point video. THANK YOU

  • @bryanpicon9644
    @bryanpicon9644 4 роки тому +144

    Bro, I've spent almost 2 hours trying to format my file, I cannot believe it was that easy! Thank you so much!

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому +3

      I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video.

    • @alifalihgwin3098
      @alifalihgwin3098 2 роки тому

      Me too 😅

    • @swapnilbaviskar905
      @swapnilbaviskar905 2 роки тому

      Same with me. Feel so useless now 😅

    • @swapnilbaviskar905
      @swapnilbaviskar905 2 роки тому +1

      You have no clue how much efficiency this 1 minute video is going to add in our lives! 😅 Thanks a lot!!

    • @gchatila
      @gchatila Рік тому

      LOOL i just told my friend exactly the same thing !! definitely the result is rewarding :)

  • @alishasameer2927
    @alishasameer2927 3 роки тому +5

    I’ve never commented on any UA-cam video before, but this video deserves all the appreciation! After spending more than 2 hours trying to figure it, I came across this video and it was GENIUS!
    Thank you so much!!!!

  • @aramideakingbola3881
    @aramideakingbola3881 4 роки тому +6

    You are a lifesaver! I have been doing this manually for 100s for data entry. Thanks, I appreciate it!

  • @caffeina75
    @caffeina75 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you!! A life saver, I was going crazy without being able to format the date to a value I can use filters on!!

  • @rohra_aman
    @rohra_aman 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this ! 🙏🙏
    You have literally saved so much time of everyone who was not able to fix this issue.

  • @Ruby-xx6xc
    @Ruby-xx6xc Рік тому +3

    Oh my god! I can not thank you enough for this. You are a Legend. I am so grateful to have found this video. I spent 4 hours trying to fix it. THANK YOU.

  • @sherreerobichaud9999
    @sherreerobichaud9999 3 роки тому +4

    I have struggled with this for years and really appreciate this video. It fixed it in less than a minute. Thank you so much

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому

      Check this 1. U will be further empowered.I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video.

  • @gitashreedey7148
    @gitashreedey7148 2 роки тому

    Seriously, i was spending 4-5 hrs to just figure out how to format this date issue...u just solved it within 1 minutes.....thank you so much... :)

  • @lisataylor8058
    @lisataylor8058 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you very much - I've struggled to come up with the answer to this and you've been the only one who has come up with what turns out to be a very simple solution as it seems to be a well kept secret!

  • @metasebi
    @metasebi 2 роки тому +2

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I searched for 1 hour until I found your video.

  • @jeremyjimenezc9759
    @jeremyjimenezc9759 3 роки тому +1

    TWO WORDS FOR YOU: THANK YOU
    My gf spent multiple weeks trying to fix this and this quick tutorial helped us out. Like

  • @raginishukla3580
    @raginishukla3580 4 роки тому

    Great tip! I did get stuck trying to the date and this is very helpful. Thanks a lot!

  • @antnauman
    @antnauman 6 років тому +1

    I was stuck for a day. Thank you SO MUCH!

  • @dogwater4429
    @dogwater4429 2 роки тому +1

    Big props for this, this perfectly solves the problem I was having!

  • @robinbabbitt3614
    @robinbabbitt3614 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you so much!!! This is exactly what I needed to know!

  • @anushavittal835
    @anushavittal835 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much..you are a savior..I used to take 45mins to manually change the format using f2 key..now it took hardly a min..thank you 😊

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому

      Check this 1. U will be further empowered.I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video.

  • @ramyasumith6302
    @ramyasumith6302 4 місяці тому

    Short Crisp and To the Point.. Great work and Thank you so much

  • @AkshayKumar-ko2ny
    @AkshayKumar-ko2ny Рік тому

    Bro I hve wasted 4 hours to Correct this no video is available but after seeing in your I hv changed in within 30 seconds only.
    God bless you dear

  • @neelamdossani1264
    @neelamdossani1264 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much. This option will replace so many other steps I used to do to change the Date Format.

  • @abdulmuti1
    @abdulmuti1 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much, I was changing each cell at a time, it was going to take me a lifetime lol.
    Thank you.

  • @mohindamaher1341
    @mohindamaher1341 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing. Your instructions was simple, short and straight to the point. Thanx

  • @Ohmystarz1
    @Ohmystarz1 5 років тому +5

    just saved an hour of my life thank you.

  • @brma1892
    @brma1892 2 місяці тому

    Thank you! Yours is the only instruction that was able to solve this for me!

  • @KateDrewThis
    @KateDrewThis 4 роки тому

    Thank you! I thought I new all of this stuff and I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working! THANK YOU!

  • @praneethag9103
    @praneethag9103 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much!! i was struggling with formatting and this made my task easy

  • @syedsaqibali1482
    @syedsaqibali1482 Рік тому

    Thank u soo much. Searched number of websites on google and videos on youtube but could not find the solution. You solved the issue in 1 & half minute. Thanks.

  • @kavithakavi-tl6tq
    @kavithakavi-tl6tq 2 роки тому

    ,I was doing and searching for 2hours but unable to do finally got good video it's really helpful.. thank you bro ..

  • @zackpryde7957
    @zackpryde7957 Рік тому

    Thanks for this - extremely useful solution. I use it for budgeting purposes, and I struggled to find a good fix to formatting dates that are in different forms.

  • @nataliecaron2489
    @nataliecaron2489 3 роки тому

    Oh my dear ! God bless you. Your video is quick, clear, simple. EXCELLENT... I was scratching my head big time. THANK YOU SO MUCH

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому

      I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video.

  • @ewulotanyemi4375
    @ewulotanyemi4375 4 роки тому +1

    Hi, I have spent almost a week trying to convert my text to date, thanks for saving my project and day. Thanks. I have watched some many videos on youtube but you killed for me. Thanks again

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому

      Check this 1. I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video.

  • @hidayahroslen3791
    @hidayahroslen3791 3 роки тому

    Totally save a lot of my time. Been searching for this for 2 days 👍

  • @debanjanbanik5232
    @debanjanbanik5232 2 роки тому +1

    Among all the videos, it was the best

  • @motivationalflows
    @motivationalflows 2 роки тому

    You are fantastic! I have been trying to figure this out myself for a day and your video made me happy yet annoyed of myself too! 😅 I should have watched your video one day ago.

  • @vincentgoergen7390
    @vincentgoergen7390 Рік тому

    Super helpful, just saved me at least a day of headaches with some complex Excel sheets!

  • @vijiselvaraj4036
    @vijiselvaraj4036 4 роки тому

    Thank You so much! was going insane on my file!! It is helpful & saved lot of time! :)

  • @jasonhofmeyer7355
    @jasonhofmeyer7355 3 роки тому +1

    The amount of time you just saved me is ridiculous!!!! Thanks!!!!!!

  • @Jayl__
    @Jayl__ 4 роки тому +1

    Omg this is amazing I was struggling with this for a good 40 mins. Thank you!!!!!

    • @mortasche
      @mortasche 4 роки тому

      Oh yeah, me too. Got an excel file from a colleague and I would still be struggling to get that scatter chart done if it wasn't for this video. Awesomeness cubed!

  • @ishtiaqhameed8308
    @ishtiaqhameed8308 4 роки тому

    Thank youuuuu soo much dear...
    As I was weekly make Reports and suffering from these date formet issues.. Today you Resolve my problem. Thank you

  • @jessicastagnaro5610
    @jessicastagnaro5610 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much for this video, my IT department couldn't figure it out, so thank you!!

  • @axelrivera3796
    @axelrivera3796 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you man, can't believe it's so easy to do, i've been having this question for over a month!!!! XD

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому +1

      I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video..

  • @Hasan-db4vv
    @Hasan-db4vv 3 роки тому

    Excellent! Precise and very helpful!

  • @HG51_
    @HG51_ 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you this was exactly what I was looking for!

  • @MatCaveGaming
    @MatCaveGaming 3 роки тому +1

    You just brought resolution to battle I have been fighting with Excel for the past 2 days. Thank you!!!!

  • @amywalker9493
    @amywalker9493 3 роки тому

    Wow been trying to format sales date column all day and you helped me out :D appreciate it

  • @maggiekerrigan6489
    @maggiekerrigan6489 2 роки тому

    OMG, thank you. You solved my problem. Couldn't figure out why cell formatting wasn't doing anything! This worked!

  • @deovrat1000
    @deovrat1000 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much! I was struggling for more than an hour over this issue!!

  • @stephaniejeannevirata5816
    @stephaniejeannevirata5816 4 роки тому

    thank you! this helped me big time!

  • @polinasemenova2697
    @polinasemenova2697 3 роки тому

    Thank you!!!!!! I've been struggling the whole day before this!

  • @anuragarya6995
    @anuragarya6995 3 роки тому

    Liked this video. To the point. Quick and simple.

  • @Rudrasantani2599
    @Rudrasantani2599 10 місяців тому

    Saw many videos but finally u made my struggle successful.... Thank you so much 🙏🏻

  • @sajjadali8655
    @sajjadali8655 Місяць тому

    The only video I felt like leaving a thank you message. Thanks for the help brother you saved me so much time.

  • @krittimamekanontchai464
    @krittimamekanontchai464 4 роки тому

    Thank god for your VDO! Really appreciate!!

  • @leylaaytun
    @leylaaytun 4 роки тому

    Thank you very much. Really saved my time and good to know such useful tip! appreciated!

  • @tajsay
    @tajsay 4 роки тому

    thank you so much ...after spending lot of time finally here I met with your video which saved me

  • @mafiosaorg6312
    @mafiosaorg6312 2 роки тому

    Thanks for this short clip fixing this issue. Spot on. Follow this exactly and its sorted.

  • @AnusuyaLodh
    @AnusuyaLodh 5 місяців тому

    Man you have saved my life. 2 freaking hours!!!

  • @BhavikDavey
    @BhavikDavey 3 роки тому

    Thank you bro. That's really a worthy video for those who work with huge data.

  • @KT-iu2ov
    @KT-iu2ov 4 роки тому +1

    This was straight to the point and helpful. I left a Like. Tks.

  • @user-ev9fc3hn9w
    @user-ev9fc3hn9w 3 роки тому

    Great video! Well done! Helped me save loads of time by this 1 minute video. You are a lifesaver lol

  • @EagleAmor
    @EagleAmor 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for the great tip!

  • @gianmarcorandon9776
    @gianmarcorandon9776 5 років тому +3

    thank you! you're a genius!!

  • @huipinghsieh8450
    @huipinghsieh8450 2 роки тому

    big thanks! I was struggling with this for a while. it's really helpful!

  • @giovannipalmisano4182
    @giovannipalmisano4182 2 роки тому

    I was looking for this for very long time. Thank you!!!

  • @nishajhunjhunwala4423
    @nishajhunjhunwala4423 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much! It was REALLY helpful!! Thanks, again.

  • @renaeseverson4180
    @renaeseverson4180 2 роки тому

    THANK YOU!! I've been going crazy trying to figure out what was wrong! Most of my cells were fine but one particular date was doing it's own thing even though the format tool showed the same thing as the other cells :)

  • @312349
    @312349 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much! You have me sooo much time and energy! Best of luck to you!

  • @NickOLarse999
    @NickOLarse999 3 роки тому

    Thanks! Better than all of the official Microsoft guidance.

  • @llacinkilic
    @llacinkilic 6 місяців тому

    Thank you so much brother. You've saved me hours for this. Appraciate it!

  • @Cutebhavy
    @Cutebhavy 3 роки тому +1

    Very important information ,i have spend many hours to do this.....thanks 👍

  • @Armind1986
    @Armind1986 2 роки тому

    You have just single handadly saved my day! Many thanks for this kind sir!

  • @CecilleTabuena_godissogood
    @CecilleTabuena_godissogood 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much! I really am having trouble with this. This helps a lot!

    • @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc
      @SIMRANKAUR-eg7nc 3 роки тому

      Check this out. I have really racked my brain a lot going one videos to another. I came across a channel "off to office". Delimiters,fixed width, qualifier, dd.mm.yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy everything have been explained in one single video.

  • @samuelnikhade5612
    @samuelnikhade5612 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much for sharing !! appreciate it 👍

  • @gauravsharma-zg6rz
    @gauravsharma-zg6rz 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks bro bht easy way me bta dia 👌👌

  • @ChristosLouridas
    @ChristosLouridas 3 роки тому

    Man that was awesome thanks for sharing. I know it is an old one but saved my nerves. Cheers :)

  • @nimrazeeshan6253
    @nimrazeeshan6253 6 років тому +1

    Thanks for your help Man!!

  • @evaob2711
    @evaob2711 2 роки тому

    Great! Tutorial still relevant and well explained. Thanks

  • @serene1429
    @serene1429 8 днів тому

    Thank you!! This is short and informative!

  • @zuzanavojtekova4206
    @zuzanavojtekova4206 3 роки тому

    as always...where profi courses fail, random dude from India saves our lives... I salute you and BIIG THANKS :) :)

  • @shrutisaini5766
    @shrutisaini5766 3 роки тому

    I spend 1 hour for USA format.... I was missing that "Text To Column" Step............. Thanks alot.... I shared your video with others as well...!!

  • @haloe2233
    @haloe2233 Рік тому

    Thanks Bro! Will support you after I pay off the student loans I took on paying for the people who are supposed to be teaching me these things!

  • @damilolaodili559
    @damilolaodili559 2 роки тому

    Thank you so much, man. Saved so many hours of my time.

  • @vivekanandhanr1298
    @vivekanandhanr1298 4 роки тому

    I have 7000 lines of data with error in date where I could not use Vlookup function. Your tutorial saved my life. Thanks

  • @Sunny_786
    @Sunny_786 4 роки тому

    Very Helpful, i finally got solution after seen your video, Thank you very much.

  • @NaZiaCookZ
    @NaZiaCookZ 3 роки тому

    Superb video, didn't find any such good explanation anywhere. I was struggling with this issue.

  • @simplyrolling441
    @simplyrolling441 4 роки тому +1

    I knew i wld find this on youtube bcoz of marvels like u..thnx boss..

  • @kristinajanenunez8039
    @kristinajanenunez8039 2 роки тому

    OMG thank you so much!!! This saved me

  • @figipillai6873
    @figipillai6873 3 роки тому

    I don't know how to thank you. This really helped me. 👍👍👍

  • @UwhoMe
    @UwhoMe 2 роки тому

    Thanks the tip - awesome. I could not figure out why when I pasted as value into a date column I got date as text but when I typed it , it went in ok. While all I needed to fix the problem is what you showed med her - huge thanks from my side

  • @fjtenou
    @fjtenou 2 роки тому

    Genius!! i've struggled with this for so long!!

  • @waxterhan
    @waxterhan 4 роки тому

    This really helped. Thank you

  • @Azsharah
    @Azsharah Місяць тому

    Dude, freaking genius! Thank you so much!

  • @madsm.8815
    @madsm.8815 5 років тому +2

    awesome! thank you so much!

  • @pritamlaskar7265
    @pritamlaskar7265 Рік тому

    I browsed the entire internet only to find my solution here. Thank you so much!

  • @djangomaster
    @djangomaster Рік тому +1

    simple, sweet and to the point video

  • @shakeeshalott4565
    @shakeeshalott4565 5 років тому

    Thank you exactly what I needed

  • @SubaJK-eb5xg
    @SubaJK-eb5xg Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much...been sitting with this error for 1 hr

  • @jojo-tl5ei
    @jojo-tl5ei 3 роки тому

    Nice and concise. Thanks!! 👍

  • @Praveen_Mangal
    @Praveen_Mangal 4 роки тому

    Wah bhai wah gajab
    You solved my problem in which got stucked for 1.5 hours thanks bro