{"id":4820,"date":"2019-11-11T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2024-02-19T14:52:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:52:38","slug":"convert-text-to-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/formulas\/convert-text-to-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert Text to Year in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-9f185ea3-589f-44a6-94f4-a838b9bb82f4\" href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Convert-Text-to-Year.xlsx\">Convert-Text-to-Year<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Convert-Text-to-Year.xlsx\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-9f185ea3-589f-44a6-94f4-a838b9bb82f4\">Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to convert text to a year in Excel is with the <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/en\/functions\/text\"><strong>TEXT<\/strong><\/a> function. It takes a value as the first argument and formatting as the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>TEXT(value, format_text)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the following formula to convert the date in Cell <strong>A2<\/strong> and display it as a year only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=TEXT(A2,\"yyyy\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"413\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/text-to-year.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/text-to-year.png 413w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/text-to-year-300x92.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also display the last two digits of the year by using this formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=TEXT(A2,\"yyyy\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/formulas\/add-text-to-date-cell-in-excel\/\">combine this date with text<\/a> to make it more readable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=\"The year is \"&amp;B2&amp;\".\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/year-with-text.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/year-with-text.png 473w, https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/year-with-text-300x80.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And with the <strong>CONCAT<\/strong> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=CONCAT(\"The year is \",B2,\".\")<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The easiest way to convert text to a year in Excel is with the TEXT function. 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