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Extracting a Date from a Text String into a Date Column

I have data sent from my CRM into Smartsheet. The CRM will only export an appointment date and time together as one cell, formatted as: 2/09/2016 8:00:00 AM. I need the date to be in a separate column for filtering and formatting purposes.

I've used a MID function to separate the date from the time using this formula: =MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 1, 9).

How can I convert the text that the above formula extracts into a Date?

I tried using a Value function with the Mid function to no avail: =VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 1, 9)).

Thanks for any help!

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  • Have a look at the 'smartsheet Formula Examples'Template, it has a comprehensive list of formulas.

    You could try the DATE Function DATE(year, month, day)

    =IF(FIND("/", [Appt Date/Time]23) = 2, DATE(VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 6, 4)), VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 1, 1)), VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 3, 2))), DATE(VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 7, 4)), VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 1, 2)), VALUE(MID([Appt Date/Time]23, 4, 2))))

    This formula Tests you date for the Day field being 1 or 2 characters long, Then Builds a Date for either option.

    Hope this helps

  • Christian - That works! Thanks for your time. Not sure I would have got there on my own.

  • Peter Smith
    edited 04/03/17

    Hi, Christian

    Can this formula used with lookup formula?

    I have similar case like that.

    CRM send the format for 2/09/2016 8:00:00 AM

    However we need year, date and month only. I have another column minus 21 days of column with year, date and month.

    We have 1000 clients. That is why we want to use lookup formula for my office managed client and then use formula to get info of meeting /time appointment

    Thanks

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Hi, <\/p>

Instead of applying the formula to \"Multiselect Text String\" row, did you tried with \"Multiselect Values\" row?<\/p>

=IF(HAS([Multiselect Values]@row, [Component ID]@row), \"MATCH\", \"NO MATCH\")<\/p>

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Try this:<\/p>

=COUNTIFS([Item Number]:[Item Number], OR(@cell = \"C001\", @cell = \"COO2\", @cell = \"COO3\", @cell = \"COO4\"), [Status]:[Status], OR(@cell = \"Green\", @cell = \"Yellow\", @cell = \"Red\"))<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":254,"urlcode":"formulas","name":"Formulas"}]},{"discussionID":109500,"type":"question","name":"Auto-populate emails on a \"contact list\" column","excerpt":"I have a Form created for internal employees where they can submit request tickets to my department. We all have an account with Smartsheet. One of our columns (\"Requestor Name\") is in the Form where they type in their names. The \"Requestor Name\" column is a Contac List column. My issue here is, how can I have Smartsheet…","snippet":"I have a Form created for internal employees where they can submit request tickets to my department. We all have an account with Smartsheet. One of our columns (\"Requestor Name\")…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-08-25T21:43:36+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-08-25T21:44:14+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-08-25T22:14:15+00:00","insertUserID":164850,"insertUser":{"userID":164850,"name":"ocanel","title":"Analyst","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ocanel","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-27T06:55:05+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":164850,"lastUserID":165374,"lastUser":{"userID":165374,"name":"Shanky Paul","title":"Project Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Shanky%20Paul","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcAdE60g-MBEj1rR28GVz9zn6RmbZsmEQm5EiEV=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-08-27T08:29:18+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":1,"countViews":25,"score":null,"hot":3386002071,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/109500\/auto-populate-emails-on-a-contact-list-column","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/109500\/auto-populate-emails-on-a-contact-list-column","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[204,247,334,448,527],"lastPost":{"discussionID":109500,"commentID":392677,"name":"Re: Auto-populate emails on a \"contact list\" column","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/392677#Comment_392677","dateInserted":"2023-08-25T22:14:15+00:00","insertUserID":165374,"insertUser":{"userID":165374,"name":"Shanky Paul","title":"Project Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Shanky%20Paul","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcAdE60g-MBEj1rR28GVz9zn6RmbZsmEQm5EiEV=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-08-27T08:29:18+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-08-27T06:55:03+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-25T22:14:15+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":392677,"body":"

Hi, <\/p>

Add a \"Created By\" column in your sheet and turn on \"Required smartsheet login to access your form\" in your form setting. So that whoever fills out the form, their email id will be automatically captured in \"created by\" column. This will replace your \"Requestor Name\" column. <\/p>

Thank you!<\/p>


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