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date to text
I have a date format 10/1/2008 and 10/2/2008 which i want to convert to just
October 2008 and drop the day date completely . can i extract just the month and the year and display it in text. Appreciate your help |
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Format Custom as "mmmm yyyy"
Or use the TEXT function: =TEXT(A1,"mmmm yyyy") -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Arain" wrote in message ... I have a date format 10/1/2008 and 10/2/2008 which i want to convert to just October 2008 and drop the day date completely . can i extract just the month and the year and display it in text. Appreciate your help |
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