It sounds like your "date" is actually text with one or more leading spaces
in front of it. If I am correct, either convert the "date" to a real date
or, at minimum, remove the leading spaces, and Teethless mama's formula
should work. If you don't want to modify what you now have, then (again, if
I am correct) this formula should work for you...

=TEXT(TRIM(A1),"ddd")

Rick

On Mar 8, 6:35 pm, Teethless mama
<Teethlessm...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks for responding

Whenever i use          =TEXT(A1,"ddd") ,column B displays
'01/10/2007'

Any suggestions.

David

When you press Ctrl+Accent grave (`), the key above the tab key, does cell
A1 display 39092, the date serial number for 1/10/2007? Or do you see
1/10/2007?
Press Ctrl+Accent grave (`) to return to normal display.

If you see 1/10/2007, your "date" is text with perhaps a space in it. That
is to say, it's not a date.

Tyro

On Mar 8, 6:35 pm, Teethless mama
<Teethlessm...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks for responding

Whenever i use          =TEXT(A1,"ddd") ,column B displays
'01/10/2007'

Any suggestions.

David