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I am trying to concantenate 2 dates field together like 1/1/04 & 12/31/04
into 1 field showing 1/1/04 - 12/31/04 but not able to use the concatenate function for it convert to data to a number. Any help is appreciated. |
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Hi
try =TEXT(A1,"MM/DD/YY") & " - " & TEXT(B1,"MM/DD/YY") -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany Lisa wrote: > I am trying to concantenate 2 dates field together like 1/1/04 & > 12/31/04 into 1 field showing 1/1/04 - 12/31/04 but not able to use > the concatenate function for it convert to data to a number. Any help > is appreciated. |
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Lisa,
The two dates are in A7 and A8 for this example: =TEXT(A7,"m/d/yyyy")&" - "&TEXT(A8,"m/d/yyyy") tj "Lisa" wrote: > I am trying to concantenate 2 dates field together like 1/1/04 & 12/31/04 > into 1 field showing 1/1/04 - 12/31/04 but not able to use the concatenate > function for it convert to data to a number. Any help is appreciated. |
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Try:
=TEXT(A1,"mm/dd/yy")&" - "&TEXT(B1,"mm/dd/yy") HTH Jason Atlanta, GA >-----Original Message----- >I am trying to concantenate 2 dates field together like 1/1/04 & 12/31/04 >into 1 field showing 1/1/04 - 12/31/04 but not able to use the concatenate >function for it convert to data to a number. Any help is appreciated. >. > |
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one way:
=TEXT(A1,"m/d/yy") & TEXT(B1,"m/d/y") In article >, "Lisa" > wrote: > I am trying to concantenate 2 dates field together like 1/1/04 & 12/31/04 > into 1 field showing 1/1/04 - 12/31/04 but not able to use the concatenate > function for it convert to data to a number. Any help is appreciated. |
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Whoops, try
=TEXT(A1,"m/d/y - ")&TEXT(B1,"m/d/y") In article >, JE McGimpsey > wrote: > one way: > > =TEXT(A1,"m/d/yy") & TEXT(B1,"m/d/y") |
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