In a helper column................

=TEXT(A1,"mmmm-dd-yyyy")

You choose the format within the double quotes

Copy and paste special(in place)valuesokesc

Delete column A

Or copy and paste special(onto column A)


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:21:01 -0700, SallyP
wrote:

hi, have a series of dates but everytime i try converting them to text a
number comes up. How can I convert my dates to text but keep the date format.

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