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I have a date in this format May 1, 2009. Id like to keep it in that format,
but when I concaternate it with another cell, the date converts to a numeric
format. How can I prevent this?
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Default Date reverts to numeric format

Try the below
=TEXT(A1,"mmm d, yyyy")

=TEXT(A1,"mmm d, yyyy") & A2

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I have a date in this format May 1, 2009. Id like to keep it in that format,
but when I concaternate it with another cell, the date converts to a numeric
format. How can I prevent this?

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=TEXT(A1,"mmm d, yyyy")&" the text to which you want it concatenated"
or
=TEXT(A1,"mmmm d, yyyy")&" the text to which you want it concatenated"
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I have a date in this format May 1, 2009. I'd like to keep it in that
format,
but when I concaternate it with another cell, the date converts to a
numeric
format. How can I prevent this?



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Thank you... I appreciate your help.

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=TEXT(A1,"mmm d, yyyy")&" the text to which you want it concatenated"
or
=TEXT(A1,"mmmm d, yyyy")&" the text to which you want it concatenated"
--
David Biddulph


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I have a date in this format May 1, 2009. I'd like to keep it in that
format,
but when I concaternate it with another cell, the date converts to a
numeric
format. How can I prevent this?



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