Hi Dawn-Anne,

You need to test for a string when using MID

="2/99/-4/-"&IF(MID($C$8,7,1)="1",8,MID($C$8,4,1))&"/980120"

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HTH

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"Dawn-Anne" wrote in message
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My formula for a worksheet is ="2/99/-4/-" &
IF(MID($C$8,7,1)=1,8,MID($C$8,4,1)) & "/980120", where C8 value is
2/02/-1/825100.

Cell returns 2 and not 8 as I had hoped. Any ideas?