Convert Text to Year in Excel

The easiest way to convert text to a year in Excel is with the TEXT function. It takes a value as the first argument and formatting as the second.

TEXT(value, format_text)

You can use the following formula to convert the date in Cell A2 and display it as a year only.

=TEXT(A2,"yyyy")

You can also display the last two digits of the year by using this formula.

=TEXT(A2,"yyyy")

You can also use the text formula to display months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds, and separate them with a dash, slash, or any other separator.

You can combine this date with text to make it more readable.

="The year is "&B2&"."

And with the CONCAT function.

=CONCAT("The year is ",B2,".")