Try something like this:

=A8B$3

Where A8 is the first cell of the range to filter.

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Joseph Atie" wrote in message
...
i need to achieve a value 28/08/2009

to achieve this i have a field where the user enters the date they wish to
filter on

this is translated to the filter criteria by the following formula

= "" & B3

the problem is i get a result of 40053

if i put "" around the date i get "28/08/2009"

this does not work with the advanced filter.

help

what formula do i need to achieve my goal