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Default IF formula misbehaving with determining year of an event

You could try:
=IF(TEXT(A5,"yy")="08","true_value","false_value")

HTH,
Paul




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"Pierre" wrote in message
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In D14 I enter 04/23/2008
in D15 the formula contains
=IF(RIGHT(D14,2)="08","true_value","false_value")

Why is D15 returning "false_value"?
I'd expect "true_value"

Thanks for your help.
Pierre