Importing date values from excel

[#1]

Hi,

I know this question may have already been tackled in other discussions and if this is the case please can you post the link....

I have an excel sheet that i used to import the date values(just two sample dates in MM/DD/YY😞

Hire Date

06/08/05

10/01/03

This is how to values are displayed when i open my excel sheet..However when i double click on a cell the values are like this 6/8/2005 and 10/1/2003

My question is:

How do i get about importing the dates correctly in the form of MM/DD/YYYY?

I tried using:

1. Date#([Hire Date],'mm/dd/yy') which gives 38511

2. Date([Hire Date],'mm/dd/yy') which gives 00/08/05 --> the month seems to have been set to 00 why?

3. Date(Date#([Hire Date],'mm/dd/yy'),'mm/dd/yy') which gives -

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Sorry guys...

The answer is :

Date([Hire Date],'MM/DD/YY')

The format parameter should be in CAPS...

DIDN'T KNOW THAT!!!!  AARRG!