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MS Office Forum / Excel / Worksheet Functions / May 2008formatting in different countries
I've recently created a spreadsheet which contains a date formatted to show as the day of the week by means of "dddd". However this spreadsheet is to be used in Germany and France and I've discovered that in order for the formatting to work, "dddd" has to be replaced with "tttt" in Germany (for Tag) and "jjjj" in France (jour). I'm quite surprised by this as I though that the formatting would have been taken care of in Excel regardless of the country it was being opened. Is this a problem anyone else has encountered and how did you get around it? Libby I might be mistaken, but wouldn't the regional settings translate that appropriately? Does this help? http://www.oaltd.co.uk/ExcelProgRef/Ch22/ --JP > I've recently created a spreadsheet which contains a date formatted to show > as the day of the week by means of "dddd". [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Libby You'd have thought so, but apparently not. A spreadsheet with a date formatted with a formula as text to "dddd" displays "dddd" in Germany unless the dddd in the formula is changed to tttt. > I might be mistaken, but wouldn't the regional settings translate that > appropriately? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > > > Libby Libby, The way I do it is as follows: - first, create a cell with my preferred date format, let's say Z1 on sheet Control (it can be a hidden sheet) - add a defined name (Insert>Name>Define...) of say myDateFormat, and a RefersTo value of =GET.CELL(7,Control!$Z$1) and then in your spreadsheet use =TEXT(NOW(),myDateFormat) To be really flexible, you could create a number of cells with different formats, all with different defined names, and use appropriately.  SignatureHTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) > You'd have thought so, but apparently not. A spreadsheet with a date > formatted with a formula as text to "dddd" displays "dddd" in Germany [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > >> > Libby I posted a version of this in your previous thread dealing with this question (but I'm guessing you haven't checked back there yet)... Try this variation (the "aaaa" returns the day name with the localized spelling for the computer it is being run on)... =TEXT(<<YourDate>>,"aaaa") Also, instead of "aaaa", you can use "aaa" for the localized abbreviated day name. You can also use these patterns when Custom Formatting a Cell. Rick > You'd have thought so, but apparently not. A spreadsheet with a date > formatted with a formula as text to "dddd" displays "dddd" in Germany [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > >> > Libby Just to follow up on this issue... Harlan Grove has raised a question about how this would work in French Excel since that version uses "a" for its year patterns. Any French Excel users out there who can test it out for us? Rick >I posted a version of this in your previous thread dealing with this >question (but I'm guessing you haven't checked back there yet)... [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>> > >>> > Libby |
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