Converting String to Date in Excel

Question

I\'ve got date strings formatted this way: \"Tuesday, January 3, 2012\"

How can I convert them in a date format in Excel 2010?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

What works can depend on regional settings. If you have US regional settings this formula will give a date based on your data in A1

=TRIM(REPLACE(A1,1,FIND(",",A1),""))+0

format in required date format

This version should work on a wider range.....

=TRIM(MID(A1,LEN(A1)-7,2)&REPLACE(REPLACE(A1,LEN(A1)-7,3,""),1,FIND(",",A1),""))+0

Try this version which should work for Italian settings - [I assume the data is in English as shown, e.g. months are January, February etc.]

=DATE(RIGHT(A1;4);SEARCH(MID(A1;FIND(",";A1)+2;3);"xxjanfebmaraprmayjunjulaugsepoctnovdec")/3;MID(A1;LEN(A1)-7;2))