How to change Excel date format

This article will teach you how to change the date format in Microsoft Excel to have a uniform structure across your spreadsheet.

How to convert cells to the date format?

Open your excel spreadsheet.
Select all the cells you want to modify, and right-click on them.
Select Format Cells.
Go to the Number tab.
In the Category list, click Date.
Under the Type list, choose the date format you want on the right side.
If you want to use a date format according to how another language displays dates, choose the language in Locale (location).
Click Ok.

How to uniformize the date format?

Microsoft Excel offers its users various formats for writing dates, including DD/MM/YYYY, DD/MM/YY, MM/DD/YY, and date custom formats. Unfortunately, if dates are formatted differently within a spreadsheet, the system does not always recognize when a cell contains a date. This oversight can easily lead to confusion when dates are formatted differently across a spreadsheet. Luckily, there is an easy way to format your spreadsheet so that each piece of data input into your spreadsheet reads the same.

Click on Data.
Select Text to Columns.
In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard, select Delimited > Next.
Uncheck all delimiters and click Next.
Click on date, and choose the format you'd like to read your dates (the default format is D/M/Y).
Click Finish.