How to extract date from text strings in Excel?

In Excel worksheet, how could you extract the date from text strings as following screenshot shown? This article, I will talk about a useful formula to solve it.

Extract date from text strings with array formula in worksheet

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Extract date from text strings with array formula in worksheet

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To extract only date from a list of text strings, the following array formula can help you, please do as this:

1. Enter this formula:

=MID(A2,MIN(IFERROR(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2,1),LEN(A2)+1)),LOOKUP(1,0/MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2))),1),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2)))) + 1 - MIN(IFERROR(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2,1),LEN(A2)+1))) into a blank cell where you want to get the result, and then press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys together, and only the date is extracted as following screenshot shown:

2. Then select the formula cell, and drag the fill handle down to the cells you want to apply this formula, and you will get the results as you need, see screenshot:

Notes:

1. In the above formula, A2 is the cell which contains the date you want to extract;

2. If the cell contains other numbers, this formula will not work correctly；

3. The formula cannot correctly extract date while there is more than one date in the text string.

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Anett · 9 days ago
Hi, Help me please! How about if my text is "Date and time of submission:23-Jun-2017 12:34:58 AM PDT. What kind of formula can i use ?
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Nancy · 4 months ago
how about if my text is "Date and time of submission: September 16, 2018 at 11:26:00 PM PDT"? What kind of formula can i use ?
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Tak · 5 months ago
I'm using Excel 2003, so I believe the IFERROR does not exist, and I found this quoted on the web to be the equivalent:

IFERROR(A1,"") = IF(ISERROR(A1),"")

So I'm trying this:

=MID(A2,MIN(IF(ISERROR(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2,1)),LEN(A2)+1)),LOOKUP(1,0/MID(A2,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2))),1),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A2)))) + 1 - MIN(IF(ISERROR(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2,1)),LEN(A2)+1)))

- I did press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER the actual forumla in excel shows it in {}

Using this formula, I just get a blank result

Can check and let me know where I’ve gone wrong... Or is it not possible in Excel 2003

Thank you
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  Tak · 5 months ago
  
  Actually my data to extract is in the format:
  
  Data valid for 14 December 2018
  
  So I need to extract the "14 December 2018" and not the usual
  xx/xx/xx
  
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  Tak · 5 months ago
  
  This seemsto for work me(Excel 2003)
  
  =DATEVALUE(MID(A2,MIN(SEARCH({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"0123456789")),17))
  
  : A2 contains the data to extract
  
  : it finds the first numerical value, then translates restas date
  
  Works for data in this format : Data valid for 14 December 2018
  
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SHWETA · 7 months ago
PLEASE HELP ME EXTRACT DATE FROM THE STATEMENTS LIKE "PLEASE DELIVER BY Fri,01 January ,2016"
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chathuka perera · 1 years ago
Can someone help me find a string to extract the date in this format please yyyy-mm-dd
"2018-03-24T01:42:26-07:00"

Thanks much in advance
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