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The document discusses different custom number and date formats in Excel. It provides formulas to convert 8-digit numbers representing dates and times into actual date and time values that can be used for calculations.

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Excel Formatting 3D 3rd

The document discusses different custom number and date formats in Excel. It provides formulas to convert 8-digit numbers representing dates and times into actual date and time values that can be used for calculations.

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Dave Thacker
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culations. Let's say the eight-digit dates were in column A, starting in cell A2. Then you would enter this formula in cell B2 and copy it dow

ustom format. The format 0\:00 will give one- or two-digit hours, while the format 00:\00 will always give you two-digit hours, left-padding

a in cell B2 and copy it down the whole column: =DATE(MOD(A2, 10000), TRUNC(A2 / 1000000), MOD(TRUNC(A2 / 10000), 100)). The M

wo-digit hours, left-padding with a zero if necessary. A formula like this one would convert the typed value into an actual time value for use

OD(TRUNC(A2 / 10000), 100)). The MOD function returns the remainder when dividing its first argument by its second. Thus the first sub-e

alue into an actual time value for use in calculations: =TIME(TRUNC(A2/100),MOD(A2,100),0).

nt by its second. Thus the first sub-expression returns the last four digits of your numberthe year. For the month, we divide by 1,000,000

r the month, we divide by 1,000,000 and use the TRUNC function to throw away any fractional part. And for the day, we do a combination

nd for the day, we do a combination of the two.

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