Los estúpidos gringos americanos use MDY, why? WhoDaFuckKnows(tm)
So getting dates from paypal statement exports (MDY) into the rest of the world (DMY) format:
Excel: convert dates currently in US m/d/y format to UK / NZ / AU / Europe etc etc etc d/m/y:
- Insert a column to the right of the MDY dates column
- Select the column of MDY dates
- Under DATA, select “Text to Columns”
- Select Delimited – Next
- Untick ALL delimiters – Next
- Select column format “Date: MDY” – Finish
- Note this data format should be what the dates are currently in, not what you want them to be
- Select the destination column
- The text will now be recognised by Excel as a date and appear as right-justified in the new column
- Delete the original column if all is good