Excel convert text to date

Convert text dates by using the DATEVALUE function

1. Enter =DATEVALUE(
2. Click the cell that contains the text-formatted date that you want to convert.
3. Enter )
4. Press ENTER, and the DATEVALUE function returns the serial number of the date that is represented by the text date. What is an Excel serial number?

1. How do I convert a string to a Date?
2. How do I change text format to Date and time in Excel?

How do I convert a string to a Date?

Converting a String to a datetime object using datetime.strptime() The datetime.strptime() method returns a datetime object that matches the date_string parsed by the format. Both arguments are required and must be strings.

How do I change text format to Date and time in Excel?

The DATEVALUE function converts a date in the text format to a number in Excel. So, the formula to convert a text value to date. For example, =DATEVALUE(B5), where B5 is a cell with a date stored as a text string. From our data in the text column, we have the date in text format we will convert this Excel date format.