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Old March 23rd, 2010, 05:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
DaveMoore
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Default Date Format

A date has been entered in cell E4, 31/03/2010 but has been formatted
so as to display as MAR-10. That's okay, that's what I want.
I now wish to refer to that cell at B12 using the following -
="Closing Balance at "&E4
However, this displays as Closing Balance at 40268
I think I have to format the date reference 40268 within my formula in
B12 but do not have a clue how to do that.
The format I want to display is 31-MAR-2010
Can anybody advise?
Many Thanks,
Dave Moore

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Old March 23rd, 2010, 05:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
T. Valko
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Default Date Format

Try it like this...

="Closing Balance at "&TEXT(E4,"mmm-yy")

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Biff
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"DaveMoore" wrote in message
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A date has been entered in cell E4, 31/03/2010 but has been formatted
so as to display as MAR-10. That's okay, that's what I want.
I now wish to refer to that cell at B12 using the following -
="Closing Balance at "&E4
However, this displays as Closing Balance at 40268
I think I have to format the date reference 40268 within my formula in
B12 but do not have a clue how to do that.
The format I want to display is 31-MAR-2010
Can anybody advise?
Many Thanks,
Dave Moore



 




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