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Hi, any clue how I an transform a column of dates into a text format like this:

2-Jan-97 to text 02Jan97

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can you just change the format to ddmmmyy

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Hi, any clue how I an transform a column of dates into a text format like
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2-Jan-97 to text 02Jan97

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yeah, thanks Don. just figured it out:

If date is in cell a2, then =text(a2,"ddmmmyy")



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can you just change the format to ddmmmyy

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Hi, any clue how I an transform a column of dates into a text format like
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2-Jan-97 to text 02Jan97

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