Then in the Format Cells dialog, under Number tab, and click Date form the Category list, and choose English (United States) from the Locale (location) drop down list, and go to the Type list to choose one date forma as you need. Now the European dates have been converted to US dates. Note: If you want to convert date format of.
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I have a CSV file which has a column with dates in the following format '04/01/2012 14:40:39'
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When I open that with Excel file it always formats it to a US date. Using the filter will show the date above as April 1st.
How do I stop Excel from interpreting the date as a US date?
TylerHIn windows XP, you can change this setting in the Control Panel -> 'Regional and Language Options'. it may be named differently in other windows versions, but should still be in the control panel
I think by default Excel uses your windows setting when opening a file (particularily a csv file). Is it set to English(U.S.) by chance?
Also, in Excel 2007 (what's on my machine) you can pick the date locale Excel should use in the 'Format Cells' dialog.