Agreed. Hence the first clause of my reply.
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David Biddulph

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:09:41 +0100, "David Biddulph" <groups [at]
biddulph.org.uk wrote:

Or if you have your Windows Regional Options set to recognisedates as
ddmmyy, you can simplify Ron's A2 formula to
=--TEXT(RIGHT(A1,6),"00\-00\-00") and format as date, and A3 can (in
either
case) be =TEXT(A2,"mmm").
You may need to use UPPER() if you insist on upper case.
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David Biddulph

Of course, that solution is critically dependent on the Windows Regional
settings. It won't work, for example, with standard US settings. The
solution
I offered should work no matter how the Windows Regional settings are set.
--ron