How to convert text to date

[shadmani]

Hi ,

 I have a text formatted line item which is a date .I want to convert it to Date format .

I tried to break it into three Year ,Month and day using

Value(RIGHT(Line item,4))

Value(Mid(Line item,4,2))

Value(LEFT(line Item,2))

It works for 12/10/2012 but what about 2/3/2012 ??

Note -- Can't change source text to date format .

[ArunManickam]

You have to identify the day, month, year using the seperators (/). Find the seperator position using the function FIND. Seperate the text between the seperators, using MID.

You have to use a combination of FIND, MID and LEN functions to do it.

Thanks

Arun

[Misbah · Accepted solution]

@shadmani 

Avoid hardcoding the parameters of the syntax - There are many functions that can be put to use here as @ArunManickam already mentioned. FIND, MID,LENGTH,VALUE,RIGHT,LEFT,DATE

See below

Hope that helps

Misbah

[shadmani]

@Misbah 

Thanks for detailed explanation. Looks like it will solve my problem . 

[Chmacpherson]

Thanks for this solution!

Modification for DateTime Text String

My text line item was formatted as DateTime (e.g., 8/3/2021 4:52:47), so I modified Misbah's solution to the following:

Notes

1. Used the MID function to find the year - found the second "/" and added a +1 to set the start position.
2. Flipped the Day and Month calculations.