exceldatetimeutc

How to Format Text from General to UTC time


If I have an Excel cell with 'General' format containing 2502241433 how do I get Excel to recognise it as YYMMDDHHMM in UTC. So in this example 2502241433 means that the time is 14:33 UTC on the 24th of Feb 2025.

This is a common format in aviation reporting.


Solution

  • With data in A1 you can use this formula in B1

    =TEXT(20&A1,"0000-00-00 00\:00")+0

    format result cell appropriately, e.g. dd mmm yyyy hh:mm

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