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How To Convert Text Base Date Into Xx/xx/xxxx Format

I have cells with dates in the format below

Wed Jun 01 09:23:11 PDT 2011
I would like the convert the date to appear as 6/1/2011 instead of the format above. The cell above starts in cell G5 and continues down to G72. Similarly, I have two other columns from H5 and I5 with text based dates down to row 72 as well.

Thanks for any help regarding this matter.


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