# Date format from yyyymmdd to dd/mm/yyyy

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-format-from-yyyymmdd-to-dd-mm-yyyy/241164>\
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**Created:** [October 10, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-format-from-yyyymmdd-to-dd-mm-yyyy/241164 "2007-10-10T16:59:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![benh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@benh](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/benh)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/date-format-from-yyyymmdd-to-dd-mm-yyyy/241164/1 "2007-10-10T16:59:34Z")

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Hi folks,

Can anyone give me a quick pointer on how to change a string (which I’ve parsed out of XML), representing a date, formatted like this: **yyyymmdd** into this: **dd/mm/yyyy**?

Many thanks

Ben