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

There's the DATEVALUE worksheet function which converts text to dates, however it doesn't seem to accept "Tuesday, January 3, 2012". But it does accept e.g. "3 January 2012" so if you manipulate the string into that format you should be able to get it to work.

Just a thought, these data functions like DATEVALUE often depend on your display settings for date, so what works for me in London UK may be different if you're elsewhere in the world with different display settings.