Excel Date Conversion from yyyymmdd to mm/dd/yyyy

You can convert the value to a date using a formula like this, next to the cell:

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2))

Where A1 is the field you need to convert.

Alternatively, you could use this code in VBA:

Sub ConvertYYYYMMDDToDate()   Dim c As Range   For Each c In Selection.Cells       c.Value = DateSerial(Left(c.Value, 4), Mid(c.Value, 5, 2), Right(c.Value, 2))       'Following line added only to enforce the format.       c.NumberFormat = "mm/dd/yyyy"   NextEnd Sub

Just highlight any cells you want fixed and run the code.

Note as RJohnson mentioned in the comments, this code will error if one of your selected cells is empty. You can add a condition on c.value to skip the update if it is blank.

Do you have ROWS of data (horizontal) as you stated or COLUMNS (vertical)?

If it's the latter you can use "Text to columns" functionality to convert a whole column "in situ" - to do that:

Select column > Data > Text to columns > Next > Next > Choose "Date" under "column data format" and "YMD" from dropdown > Finish

....otherwise you can convert with a formula by using

=TEXT(A1,"0000-00-00")+0

and format in required date format

Here is a bare bones version:

Let's say that you have a date in Cell A1 in the format you described. For example: 19760210.

Then this formula will give you the date you want:

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,5,2),RIGHT(A1,2)).

On my system (Excel 2010) it works with strings or floats.