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MS Office Forum / Excel / Worksheet Functions / May 2008& in formula changing date format to text ?
I have this formula in a cell =D12+1&" -> " &D12+5 It produces this : 39528 -> 39532 The cell format in the cell shows as m/dd/yy D12 = 3/20/08 I would like it to produce 3/21/08 -> 3/25/08 If I lose everyting in the cell except the D12+1, the result is the correct date. I believe the & is causing the format to change to the date#'s instead of the date. How can I get the cell to produce 3/21/08 -> 3/25/08 ? Thanks, Steve Since your cell can't be formatted as a date due to the additional data or text that is being produced, then the output will be automatically displayed as Text. You could get your desired result with: =MONTH(D12)&"/"&DAY(D12)+1&"/"&YEAR(D12)&" -> "&MONTH(D12)&"/"&DAY(D12)+5&"/"&YEAR(D12) HTH, Paul >I have this formula in a cell > =D12+1&" -> " &D12+5 [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Steve Thanks Paul. I was able to use this formula to compare two fields brought in with two different formattings. > Since your cell can't be formatted as a date due to the additional data or > text that is being produced, then the output will be automatically displayed [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > Steve >I believe the & is causing the format to change to the date#'s instead of >the date. You're concatenating TEXT into the formula so the result is a TEXT string which ignores number formatting. Try it like this: =TEXT(D12+1,"m/dd/yy")&" -> "&TEXT(D12+5,"m/dd/yy")  SignatureBiff Microsoft Excel MVP >I have this formula in a cell > =D12+1&" -> " &D12+5 [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Steve Thanks guys. Both worked great. Much appreciated, Steve > >I believe the & is causing the format to change to the date#'s instead of > >the date. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > > Steve You're welcome! SignatureBiff Microsoft Excel MVP > Thanks guys. Both worked great. > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >> > >> > Steve |
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