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I would like to convert a number to a the first day of a year, i.e., 1997 to
01/01/1997. How do I do this? I know how to create text that LOOKS like this [=TEXT(a1,"01\/01\/0000")], but it seems like this is a text format and not a date format, so I can't use this "date" to subtract from another date (to calculate the time interval between two dates). Can you help me? |
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With 1997 in A1, use:
=DATE(A1,1,1) -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200859 "silly_jem" wrote: I would like to convert a number to a the first day of a year, i.e., 1997 to 01/01/1997. How do I do this? I know how to create text that LOOKS like this [=TEXT(a1,"01\/01\/0000")], but it seems like this is a text format and not a date format, so I can't use this "date" to subtract from another date (to calculate the time interval between two dates). Can you help me? |
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Thank you. That worked, but it converted to date to a serial number. Can I
get it back into a date format (mm/dd/yyyy)? "Gary''s Student" wrote: With 1997 in A1, use: =DATE(A1,1,1) -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200859 "silly_jem" wrote: I would like to convert a number to a the first day of a year, i.e., 1997 to 01/01/1997. How do I do this? I know how to create text that LOOKS like this [=TEXT(a1,"01\/01\/0000")], but it seems like this is a text format and not a date format, so I can't use this "date" to subtract from another date (to calculate the time interval between two dates). Can you help me? |
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To convert from TEXT to a date, use the double unary minus
=--TEXT(A1,"01\/01\/0000") or use =DATEVALUE(TEXT(A1,"01\/01\/0000")) In either case, format the cell as date. -- David Biddulph "silly_jem" wrote in message ... I would like to convert a number to a the first day of a year, i.e., 1997 to 01/01/1997. How do I do this? I know how to create text that LOOKS like this [=TEXT(a1,"01\/01\/0000")], but it seems like this is a text format and not a date format, so I can't use this "date" to subtract from another date (to calculate the time interval between two dates). Can you help me? |
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Format the cell the way you like.
Format|cells|Number tab (xl2003 menus) silly_jem wrote: Thank you. That worked, but it converted to date to a serial number. Can I get it back into a date format (mm/dd/yyyy)? "Gary''s Student" wrote: With 1997 in A1, use: =DATE(A1,1,1) -- Gary''s Student - gsnu200859 "silly_jem" wrote: I would like to convert a number to a the first day of a year, i.e., 1997 to 01/01/1997. How do I do this? I know how to create text that LOOKS like this [=TEXT(a1,"01\/01\/0000")], but it seems like this is a text format and not a date format, so I can't use this "date" to subtract from another date (to calculate the time interval between two dates). Can you help me? -- Dave Peterson |
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is there any formula if we copy that and change month,
Example, 1/1/1997 1/2/1997 1/3/1997 Zafar Regards "David Biddulph" wrote: To convert from TEXT to a date, use the double unary minus =--TEXT(A1,"01\/01\/0000") or use =DATEVALUE(TEXT(A1,"01\/01\/0000")) In either case, format the cell as date. -- David Biddulph "silly_jem" wrote in message ... I would like to convert a number to a the first day of a year, i.e., 1997 to 01/01/1997. How do I do this? I know how to create text that LOOKS like this [=TEXT(a1,"01\/01\/0000")], but it seems like this is a text format and not a date format, so I can't use this "date" to subtract from another date (to calculate the time interval between two dates). Can you help me? |
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