How do I get the date value properly while using the column in excel formula

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Hi,
I'm trying to prepare an insert query from the table of data in excel. When i try the below formula in excel, the date value is not getting properly. The date is showing as number. Please assist me to get the date value in the Query field.

What I have tried:

Formula i used,

="INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES("&A2&","&B2&",'"&C2&"','"&D2&"')"

Result:

ID	MAPPING_ID	WEF	        VALID_UNTIL	QUERY
1	700696	    2022-09-01	2022-12-01	INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES(1,700696,'44805','44896')

Required Output:

ID	MAPPING_ID	WEF	        VALID_UNTIL	QUERY
1	700696	    2022-09-01	2022-12-01	INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES(1,700696,'2022-09-01','2022-12-01')

Posted 22-May-23 19:35pm

Rajesh waran

Updated 22-May-23 23:06pm

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Richard MacCutchan 23-May-23 3:40am

Dates and Times in Excel are stored as floating point values. They only appear in human readable form when a format is attached to them.

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-22T23:06:00

Solution 1

You need to format the date into a string - as this is a formula then the Excel function you need is TEXT - TEXT function - Microsoft Support[^]

e.g.

="INSERT INTO #TEMP VALUES("&A2 &","&B2 &",'"&TEXT(C2,"YYYY-MM-DD")&"','"&TEXT(D2, "YYYY-MM-DD")&"')"

Posted 22-May-23 23:06pm

CHill60

Updated 22-May-23 23:07pm

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Rajesh waran 23-May-23 6:55am

Thank you! It works.