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Excel - how to handle custom timestamp format

I have some measurement data from a datalogging software, saved as CSV, and one column contains time stamps like this: 12.04.2024 15:11:32:684 12.04.2024 15:11:35:752 The format of this is: dd.mm....
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MS excel not coping data in correct format from csv file

I am coping data from csv file it contains tables in that table there is column name PostedDate when i copy that PostedDate column in excel it shows wrong formatting (ie instead of / it shows -) ...
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What is going wrong with importing and formatting the following .csv data set into Excel?

I'm trying to import the following CSV data set into Excel. I'm using the Text Import Wizard to set the right delimiters. So far, I used the ";" and "," delimiters. Here is the ...
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Changing the structure of csv data

I'm trying to change data looking like this: original csv into this format: name = "The V Girl"; author = "Mya Robarts"; pages = 341; imageURL = "https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo....
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How to format a CSV with blank data in some places

I have a CSV with the following headings (and example data): Serial Number, Photocopier Model, Copy Volume, MeterType 432322,Canon,Copy Volume, MeterType ,,23423,BW ,,983,Colour ,,4405,A3 BW ,,34,A3 ...
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csv file formatting issue in excel

I have a csv file when opened in notepad looks like this: sep=, ProgramXX, PXXXXX, .... IDXXXXX, XYZXXXXX, .... This should open well formatted as csv file in excel program but what I see is this: ...
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Formatting of output .csv file generated by a software

I've been using a software which gives the output in .csv format automatically. In my .csv output file "." is used as a decimal separator. In my colleague's computer, the same software outputs the ....
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Formatting a tab-delimited CSV/TSV to force Excel to interpret value as a string

I had a followup question to this related post - Formatting a CSV to force Excel to interpret value as a string (not date or number) I was wondering how does one escape text starting with " using "...
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Formatting a comma-delimited CSV to force Excel to interpret value as a string

I've been searching around for a while trying to figure out how to output a CSV file in such a way to force Excel to interpret the values as a string and not try to convert them to numbers or dates. ...
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How to set a character limit and remove characters over that limit excel 2007

I have to provide a CSV file for a telephone system with names and numbers on for a directory. The numbers cannot contain any spaces, and the names must be 20 characters max. I have a list of names/...
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