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TODATETIME

Category: EGTools-only function

Parses date/time text containing Korean or Hanja units (년월일시분초) into a date-time value.

Syntax

=TODATETIME(datetime_text)

Arguments

Argument Required Description
datetime_text Required text containing a date and/or time

Returns

Returns a date-time serial value (scalar number): an integer for date only, a fraction below 1 for time only. Returns empty text when no date or time is found, and #VALUE! on a parsing failure.

Examples

Formula Result Description
=TODATETIME("2026년 1월 15일") 46037 Korean date text to serial
=TODATETIME("오후 2시 30분") 0.604166667 Afternoon time to time value

Notes

  • Hanja units (年月日時分秒) and AM/PM markers (오전/오후, AM/PM, 上午/下午) are recognized.
  • Month-day only text uses the current year; two-digit years above 31 are mapped to the 2000s.
  • Apply a date/time number format to the result cell.
  • If the text is an array, the function is applied element-wise and spills an array of the same shape (an error element returns that error).
  • Supported: Excel 2010+. Always registered as TODATETIME on every Excel version.