Question : Ho do I Convert an eight digit number/general formatting to date?

I have large amounts of data which I receive in form of an excel spreadsheet which i must load into a Microsoft Access table.  One column of data contains an eight digit number (general formatting) which represents a date (i.e. 20080715 or July 15th, 2008).  I need to convert the entire column of numbers to dates.  Unfortunately this is the only way the data can be exported to me and I will have to perform this task on a monthly basis.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer : Ho do I Convert an eight digit number/general formatting to date?

Alternatively, go to Data-> Text to Columns -> Next -> Next -> Choose Date: YMD.

Hope that helps!