Hi,
In cell B5 I have the contents of 01.03.2004 and the format is "MMMM JJJJ" (Germany settings), I would like to show a title of a column with the following text "YTD Rev März 2003 (GCIX)" but when a use opens the file a computer will UK settings the column should read "YTD Rev March 2003 (GCIX)" since I can't write the format directly into the formula because Excel want change the format, hence I'm trying to read the format of the cell using the cell information function but this only return D3 which is "mmm-jj" so how do I get Excel to use this format or even better the format of the cell.

="YTD Rev " & TEXT(EDATE(B5;-12);CELL("Format";B5)) & " (GCIX)"

returns

YTD Rev D3 (GCIX)