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Q&A How to convert an RFC822 timestamp to a date index number?

A self-answered question - How to get DATEVALUE to recognize RSS 2 pubDate (RFC822)? - written by spcsLrg on Web Applications Stack Exchange offers this formula: =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by pnuts‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

#6: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2020-11-01T07:09:55Z (over 3 years ago)
replaced tags with more meaningful ones
#5: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2020-11-01T06:52:40Z (over 3 years ago)
added relevant tag
  • A self-answered [question](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/146606/how-to-get-datevalue-to-recognize-rss-2-pubdate-rfc822) - **How to get DATEVALUE to recognize RSS 2 pubDate (RFC822)?** - written by [spcsLrg](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/228827/spcslrg) on Web Applications Stack Exchange offers this formula:
  • =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^(Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat)\,(.*)\s+\+?[0-9]{4}.*$","$2")))
  • as a way to convert `Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000` to a date value.
  • Is there a simpler way?
  • A self-answered [question](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/146606/how-to-get-datevalue-to-recognize-rss-2-pubdate-rfc822) - **How to get DATEVALUE to recognize RSS 2 pubDate (RFC822)?** - written by [spcsLrg](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/228827/spcslrg) on Web Applications Stack Exchange offers this formula:
  • =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^(Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat)\,(.*)\s+\+?[0-9]{4}.*$","$2")))
  • as a way to convert `Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000` to a date value.
  • Is there a simpler way?
#4: Post edited by user avatar Alexei‭ · 2020-10-19T20:41:56Z (over 3 years ago)
made the reference more clear
  • A self-answered [Q](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/146606/how-to-get-datevalue-to-recognize-rss-2-pubdate-rfc822) on Web Applications offers this formula:
  • =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^(Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat)\,(.*)\s+\+?[0-9]{4}.*$","$2")))
  • as a way to convert `Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000` to a date value.
  • Is there a simpler way?
  • A self-answered [question](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/146606/how-to-get-datevalue-to-recognize-rss-2-pubdate-rfc822) - **How to get DATEVALUE to recognize RSS 2 pubDate (RFC822)?** - written by [spcsLrg](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/228827/spcslrg) on Web Applications Stack Exchange offers this formula:
  • =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^(Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat)\,(.*)\s+\+?[0-9]{4}.*$","$2")))
  • as a way to convert `Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000` to a date value.
  • Is there a simpler way?
#3: Post edited by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-01T20:55:25Z (over 3 years ago)
#2: Post edited by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-01T19:01:58Z (over 3 years ago)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar pnuts‭ · 2020-10-01T18:50:01Z (over 3 years ago)
How to convert an RFC822 timestamp to a date index number?
A self-answered [Q](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/146606/how-to-get-datevalue-to-recognize-rss-2-pubdate-rfc822) on Web Applications offers this formula:

    =DATEVALUE(TRIM(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"^(Sun|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat)\,(.*)\s+\+?[0-9]{4}.*$","$2")))

as a way to convert `Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 +0000` to a date value.

Is there a simpler way?