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Excel Text Date to Real Date

Excel Text Date to Real Date

Excel Text Date to Real Date

(OP)
How would I reformat a text date to make it a real date?  It's in the form 14May2008 right now but in a plot it's just 1 and the next date is 2.

RE: Excel Text Date to Real Date

(OP)
Some more intel - the date is really in this form "  14May 2008".  It's got a couple spaces in front.  I guess I need a macro to change them all.

RE: Excel Text Date to Real Date

The problem is not the date, it's your chart type.  Right click the chart and select XY (Scatter) instead of the default Line chart.  

 

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RE: Excel Text Date to Real Date

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Joerd is right.  It's already in a scatter chart.

Thanks guys.

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