Convert a string in American date format ("mm/dd/yyyy") to a Date Value in Excel.

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=DATEVALUE(CONCATENATE(RIGHT(AL9,4),"-",SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(AL9,RIGHT(AL9,5),""),"/","-")))
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Uses RIGHT, REPLACE, CONCATENATE and SUBSTITUTE to move the year from the end of the string to the front of it and then DATEVALUE to convert it back to a date. IMPORTANT: This formula can deal with 1 or 2 digit month or day values, but assumes a 4 digit year. This formula expects the date string to be delimited with the "/" character. The example refers to cell AL9, change this as required.