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I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006
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I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006
In code ============ YourDate = "1/24/2006" CodedDate = Format$(YourDate, "mddyyyy") On the sheet ============ Select cell or column, right-click and select Format Cells, select Custom from the Category list on the Number tab, and put mddyyyy in the Type field. Rick |
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Use custom format
mddyyyy -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "pm" wrote in message ... I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006 Thanks. |
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Format Cell Custom mddyyyy
-- Gary''s Student - gsnu200724 "pm" wrote: I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006 Thanks. |
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On Thu, 24 May 2007 08:30:01 -0700, pm wrote:
I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006 Thanks. Why do you want to use an ambiguous format? The format is mddyyyy But how would you know, for example, if 1122006, which is the same format, represents Jan 12, 2006 (1/12/2006) or Nov 2, 2006 (11/2/2006) ??? --ron |
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I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006
Why do you want to use an ambiguous format? The format is mddyyyy But how would you know, for example, if 1122006, which is the same format, represents Jan 12, 2006 (1/12/2006) or Nov 2, 2006 (11/2/2006) Won't the forced 2-digit day number control that? The last six digits are always 2-digit day and 4-digit year... what ever is in front of that is the month. Personally, if I had to do something like this, I would force the month to 2 digits also. Rick |
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On Thu, 24 May 2007 14:44:05 -0400, "Rick Rothstein \(MVP - VB\)"
wrote: I want to format my date from 1/24/2006 to 1242006 Why do you want to use an ambiguous format? The format is mddyyyy But how would you know, for example, if 1122006, which is the same format, represents Jan 12, 2006 (1/12/2006) or Nov 2, 2006 (11/2/2006) Won't the forced 2-digit day number control that? The last six digits are always 2-digit day and 4-digit year... what ever is in front of that is the month. Personally, if I had to do something like this, I would force the month to 2 digits also. Rick Rick, You are correct. I was using the mdyyyy format but wrote mddyyyy. mea culpa Thanks for pointing it out. --ron |
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