How to convert date/time format cell to date only in Excel?

If you want to convert date-time format cell to date value only such as 2016/4/7 1:01 AM to 2016/4/7, this article can help you.

Convert date/time format cell to date only with formula

Easily remove all times from dates with just several clicks

Convert date/time format cell to date only with Kutools for Excel

Convert date/time format cell to date only with formula

The following formula will help you converting date/time format cell to date only in Excel.

1. Select a blank cell you will place the date value, then enter formula =MONTH(A2) & "/" & DAY(A2) & "/" & YEAR(A2) into the formula bar and press the Enter key.

2. You can see only the date value is populated in the selected cell based on the date/time cell. Keep selecting the date cell, then drag the Fill Handle down to display all dates based on other date/time cells. See screenshot:

Easily remove all times from dates with just several clicks

This section will show you how to easily remove all times from selected date cells with the Remove time from date utility of Kutools for Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Select a blank cell for locating the date after removing time from (says C2). Click Kutools > Formula Helper > Remove time from date. See screenshot:

2. In the Formula Helper dialog box, select the cell with datetime you need to keep only date in the DateTime box, and then click the OK button. You can see the result is populated into cell C2. See screenshot:

3. Keep selecting the first result cell, then drag the Fill Handle down to get all results as you need as below screenshot shown:

Now all times are removed from specified dates.

Tip.If you want to have a free trial of this utility, please go to download the software freely first, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

Convert date/time format cell to date only with Kutools for Excel

Here I recommend you a handy tool – Kutools for Excel. With its Apply Date Formatting utility, you can easily convert date/time format cell to any kind of date format as you need.

1. Select the date/time format cell you need to display only the date value, then click Kutools > Format > Apply Date Formatting. See screenshot:

2. In the Apply Date Formatting dialog box, select a date format in the Date formatting box, and then click the OK button.

Now the date/time format cells are displayed as date value only. See screenshot:

Note: Although the date/time format cells are shown as date only, the displayed values in the Formula Bar are still date/time format. If you want to convert the displayed values in the formula bar to their actual value, please select them and click Kutools > To Actual. See screenshot:

Tip.If you want to have a free trial of this utility, please go to download the software freely first, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

Convert date/time format cell to date only

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