.... but only if your Windows Regional Options (in Control Panel, not in
Excel) are set to mddyyyy, rather than dmmyyyy.
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David Biddulph


"Jacob Skaria" wrote in message
...
Forgot to mention...If you want to convert that to a valid date apply the
below formula to a column near by and format to date....

=--TEXT(A1,"00\/00\/0000")

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Jacob (MVP - Excel)


"Katerinia" wrote:

Text in Column E is a date mddyyyy
I need to calculate the age but the text format of this date is throwing
off
the number. Any suggestions

8241938
4121939
8071965
2251950
2101940
12201964
1241980
5311961
3281982
3021967
9171961
10211977

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and
boring.. sometimes it is a little challenging and great.. then there are
days
it will drive you absolutely INSANE.