Date Format in Excel

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In this blog post we will learn in detail about “Date Format in Excel”. There are many instances when we need to use dates in excel. If we know how to use Date Formats in excel then we can work very easily with the dates.

In our previous blog post we have seen 03 methods to go to additional options of formatting cell values. If you missed to read those methods, please click here before going for this blog post.

We can use any of these 03 methods to get the “Format Cells” dialog box and select “Date” Category as shown in below image. With this we can see all the additional options under “Date Format” in excel as shown in below image:



Sample: This option is common in all the formats which we can see under Date Category in above image which we can use to see how the selected numbers will look in Date Format.

Locale (Location): This option will convert the date into selected language based on a country.

Type: We can choose any of the desired format under this option. The type which has star (*) applied to the beginning of it will change according to the date and time setting as per the operating setting defined for respective region. The options under this drop down list will appear based on the input which we select under Locale (Location).

Calendar Type: This option will appear based on the option which we select under Locale (Location). There are some locations where different types of calendars are being used. So we can select the desired calendar type with this option.

Locale (Location): 

This option will convert the date into selected language based on a country.

1. We have listed random dates as listed in below table.


2. Select all the cells for which we wish to change the “Date Format” and select “Date” category under Number Tab which will help us to see the additional options available under “Date Format”.



3. We can select the desired country and language from the available options which are available under drop down options (Highlighted in red in below image) by clicking on the buttons in the highlighted area in below image. In our case we have selected “French (Belgium)” as the location.



Type: 

All options from Type field will appear based what we select in Locale (Location). We can select any of the type from the available drop down list. For example, we have selected “French (Belgium)" as the location. So all the options under “Type” will appear in French for Belgium.

We can choose any of the desired format out of appeared options. The type which has star (*) applied to the beginning of it will change according to the date and time setting as per the operating setting defined for respective region.

1. To learn this in more details, we have listed few dates as listed below.


2. Select all the cells for which we wish to change the “Date Format” and select “Date” category under Number Tab which will help us to see the additional options available under “Date Format”.



3. As we have selected the "French (Belgium)" under Locale (Location), we can see that the options under “Type” has changed accordingly. All these options we can see in the highlighted portion as shown in below image.



4. Select the desired Date Format from these appeared options. In this case we have selected the option as highlighted in below image.



5. Once we click on the “OK” button we can see that the dates are now changed in selected “Date Format”.


Calendar Type: 

This option will appear based on the option which we select under Locale (Location). There are some locations where different types of calendars are being used. So we can select the desired calendar type with this option.

But the important thing is that this option is not available for all the locations. As we can see that this option is not available for "French (Belgium)".

1. To learn this in more details, we have listed few dates as listed below.


2. Select all the cells for which we wish to change the “Date Format” and select “Date” category under Number Tab which will help us to see the additional options available under “Date Format”.



3. But if we select the Locale (Location) as "English (India)" then the Calendar type will appear in additional options in Date Format.



4. We can select any of the Calendar type (we have selected “Western” here) and the type options will change accordingly. In below image we can see that how the Calendar type will get enabled as we change the Locale (Location) and accordingly how the type will get changed. We have selected all these options as highlighted in below image.


5. Once we click on “OK” button we can see that the date format will change in selected format.


In this way you can use the “Date Format” in excel and change the formats of selected dates as per your requirements.

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