You can convert any number to text using the Text function. In your case,
use:

=Text(a1,"ddd")

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"BrotherNov" wrote in message
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I need to convert several columns of dates in excel to text. When I
simply
use the format cells command to reformat the cells to text, it first
converts
the date back to the underlying number then converts it to text. Hope I'm
being clear here.

Example - the date as viewed on the screen is Mon (Monday). When I
convert
it to text I get 38446. I want "Mon", in text format. Thanks!