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i am trying to get a cell to say "week starting (todays date).

so i put in the following formula

="week starting"&" "&TODAY()

however the result was

week starting 38990

any ideas?

and i need it all in the one cell so seperating the text and date is not an
option

thanx
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sorry folks have figured it out no need for help

in case any body is curious solution was:

format cell with custom formatting and add week starting as text befor date
format

thanx

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i am trying to get a cell to say "week starting (todays date).

so i put in the following formula

="week starting"&" "&TODAY()

however the result was

week starting 38990

any ideas?

and i need it all in the one cell so seperating the text and date is not an
option

thanx

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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:28:01 -0700, max power
wrote:

i am trying to get a cell to say "week starting (todays date).

so i put in the following formula

="week starting"&" "&TODAY()

however the result was

week starting 38990

any ideas?

and i need it all in the one cell so seperating the text and date is not an
option

thanx



="week starting " & TEXT(today(),"mm/dd/yy")


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