Extracting dates in any format from text cells while containing other numbers

[otown2221]

Hello Guys,

Im trying to extract some dates in any format (ex: 20Jun2020, 20Nov19, 1/31/2019, etc.) I managed to extract some by using

=MID(A1,MIN(IFERROR(MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789",1)),LEN(A1)+1)),LOOKUP(1,0*MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))) + 1 - MIN(IFERROR(MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789",1)),LEN(A1)+1)))

However some come out like this (see below) any way to more efficient extract the dates in any format even though other numbers are in the entry? Thank you guys in advance

2/Ref 4/10MAY2018 012 Configuration Form 6/5/2017

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Since we do not know what your text could look like, you are going to have to tell us what your various dates could look like. For example, some people use dashes or dots instead of slashes, but if your data could have dots or dashes between numbers, then we need to know their possible structure so we can decide how to tell them apart from dates using dots or dashes. I'm sure there are other possible delimiters or date orderings, so we need to know what your possible dates could look like.

 

[DanteAmor]

Hi and welcome to MrExcel.

2/Ref 4/10MAY2018
012 Configuration Form 6/5/2017

It would only be those 2 "types" of dates or they could be many more. You will have a larger sample of examples.

 

[otown2221]

Since we do not know what your text could look like, you are going to have to tell us what your various dates could look like. For example, some people use dashes or dots instead of slashes, but if your data could have dots or dashes between numbers, then we need to know their possible structure so we can decide how to tell them apart from dates using dots or dashes. I'm sure there are other possible delimiters or date orderings, so we need to know what your possible dates could look like.

The original text data in which I am extracting has various entries that have slashes/dashes independent of the date within it. As far as possible dates they are in various formats as well such as "MM/DD/YYYY, MM/DD/YY, DD-Mon-YYYY, DD-Mon-YY,"

Example of original text entries

CVV 4.0/ 11Jan2021

CVV 3.0/ 04MAY17

CVV 2.0/ 22Feb2011

BGS-005 v3 SCG 01/20/2020

BGS-007 v2 SCG 05-02-20

I apologize if this is a hodgepodge of mess cause it is

 

[gaz_chops]

Are they always at the end of the text?

 

[otown2221]

Are they always at the end of the text?

I would say out of around 3000 entries 98% of them are

 

[otown2221]

Also I dont need every entry to be perfect just as long as I can extract a majority then I am okay with it!

 

[gaz_chops]

Then something like

=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(I2," ",REPT(" ",99)),99))
1st col to right

or add in Datevalue
=DATEVALUE(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(I2," ",REPT(" ",99)),99)))
2nd col to right
Datevalue doesn't like the mm/dd scenario

 

[otown2221]

Then something like

=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(I2," ",REPT(" ",99)),99))
1st col to right

or add in Datevalue
=DATEVALUE(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(I2," ",REPT(" ",99)),99)))
2nd col to right
Datevalue doesn't like the mm/dd scenario

View attachment 18374

Thank YOU SO MUCH the first formula you gave me works!

Cheers!

 

[gaz_chops]

You're welcome, thanks for the feedback.