I might be mistaken, but wouldn't the regional settings translate that
appropriately?

Does this help?
http://www.oaltd.co.uk/ExcelProgRef/Ch22/


--JP


On May 10, 4:01 am, Libby wrote:
I've recently created a spreadsheet which contains a date formatted to show
as the day of the week by means of "dddd".
However this spreadsheet is to be used in Germany and France and I've
discovered that in order for the formatting to work, "dddd" has to be
replaced with "tttt" in Germany (for Tag) and "jjjj" in France (jour).

I'm quite surprised by this as I though that the formatting would have been
taken care of in Excel regardless of the country it was being opened.

Is this a problem anyone else has encountered and how did you get around it?

Libby