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How to combine date and time into one cell in Excel?

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Combining date and time into a single cell in Excel is a common task that can be accomplished with a few simple steps. This is useful for various purposes, such as creating timestamps or for ease of analysis in data sets. Here’s a detailed guide on how to do it, with some optimizations for efficiency and clarity.
Combine date and time with formula in Excel
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Combine date and time with formula in Excel

Here, we will introduce some simple formulas to help you combine date column and time column into one quickly and easily.

Type any of the following formula into a blank cell, and press Enter key, then drag the fill handle to fill the range you want to use this formula. See screenshot:

=A2 + B2
=TEXT(A2, "mm/dd/yyyy") & " " & TEXT(B2, "hh:mm:ss AM/PM")

Combine date and time with formula

Combine date and time with Kutools for Excel

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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

1. Select the dates and times you want to combine, and click Kutools > Merge & Split > Combine Rows, Columns or Cells without Losing Data. See screenshot:
click Combine Rows, Columns or Cells without Losing Data feature of kutools

2. In the popping dialog, specify the setting:

specify options in the dialog box
(1) Check Combine columns under To combine selected cells according to following options (If your dates and times are place into two rows, you can check Combine rows),

(2) Select a separator to separate the combined data, you can choose Space, Nothing or type the separator you need into the textbox,

(3) Place the result to : Left cell or Right cell,

(4) Specify the options about the combined cells, Keep contents of combined cells, Delete contents of combined cells, Merge the combined cells。

3. Click Ok. And then you need to format the cells as date and time format.

Keep contents of combined cells
Delete contents of combined cells
Merge the combined cells
Keep contents of combined cells
Delete contents of combined cells
Merge the combined cells

Whether you prefer using Excel’s built-in formulas for a quick solution or opt for the convenience and efficiency of Kutools for Excel, both methods provide effective ways to combine date and time into a single cell. Choose the approach that best fits your workflow and enjoy seamless data management in Excel. If you're interested in exploring more Excel tips and tricks, our website offers thousands of tutorials.

Combine Date and Time into One Cell

 

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