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gavin

concatenate dates?

Is it possible to concatenate dates? In A1 I have 01/01/05 and in B1 I have
01/02/05. What I ant is for C1 to show "01/01/05 - 01/02/05" but when I try
=A1&" - "&B1" I get "38353 - 38384".

Gavin

Jason Morin

Try:

=TEXT(A1,"mm/dd/yy")&" - "&TEXT(B1,"mm/dd/yy")

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, Ga

-----Original Message-----
Is it possible to concatenate dates? In A1 I have
01/01/05 and in B1 I have
01/02/05. What I ant is for C1 to show "01/01/05 -
01/02/05" but when I try
=A1&" - "&B1" I get "38353 - 38384".

Gavin

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gavin

Many thanks, Jason - much appreciated.

Gavin

"Jason Morin" wrote in message
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Try:

=TEXT(A1,"mm/dd/yy")&" - "&TEXT(B1,"mm/dd/yy")

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, Ga

-----Original Message-----
Is it possible to concatenate dates? In A1 I have
01/01/05 and in B1 I have
01/02/05. What I ant is for C1 to show "01/01/05 -
01/02/05" but when I try
=A1&" - "&B1" I get "38353 - 38384".

Gavin

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