Convert Datetime to Date in Excel

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You can use the following syntax to convert a datetime to a date in Excel:

=TEXT(A2,"m/d/yyyy")

This particular formula converts the datetime in cell A2 to only a date.

For example, if cell A2 contains 1/1/2023 2:14 AM then this formula would return 1/1/2023.

The following example shows how to use this formula in practice.

Example: Convert Datetime to Date in Excel

Suppose we have the following column of datetimes in Excel:

Suppose we would like to convert each datetime in column A to only a date.

To do so, we can type the following formula into cell B2:

=TEXT(A2,"m/d/yyyy")

We can then click and drag this formula down to each remaining cell in column B:

Column B now displays each datetime from column A as only a date.

How This Formula Works

Recall the formula that we typed into cell B2 to convert the datetime in cell A2 to a date:

=TEXT(A2,"m/d/yyyy")

In this formula, we used the format code of m/d/yyyy which tells Excel to display the month (m = month as 1 or 2 digits), day (d = day as 1 or 2 digits) and year (yyyy = year as 4 digits) with slashes in between them.

The end result is that we’re able to display only the portion of the datetime that contains the date.

The time portion of the datetime is simply not shown at all.

Note: You can find the complete documentation for the TEXT function in Excel .