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How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.
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Try this:

Select the cell(s) that are impacted
FormatCellsNumber tab
Category: Custom

Type: ddd
Returns: Mon, Tue, etc

Type: dddd
Returns: Monday, Tuesday, etc

Does that help?

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How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.

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How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.

select Format, Cells, (Number) ,Custom and type ddd in the Type box.
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Hi Captn'

Try =TEXT(A1,"ddd") which will return SUN, not MON for 1/2/2005


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"Captain" wrote:

How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.


Thanks! Is there a way to get the week # for a specific date?


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You'd think that was an easy question, right?

Check Chip Pearson's website for the range of answers....

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/weeknum.htm

Does that help?

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"Captain" wrote:

How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.


Thanks! Is there a way to get the week # for a specific date?

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Hi Captn'

Try =TEXT(A1,"ddd") which will return SUN, not MON for 1/2/2005


HTH
Regards,
Howard

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How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.


Thanks!
How do I get a cell to show the Week Number for specific dates?

Thanks again
Captain
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Unless the Captain is English, then it would return TUE

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Hi Captn'

Try =TEXT(A1,"ddd") which will return SUN, not MON for 1/2/2005


HTH
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Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
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"Ron Coderre" wrote:

You'd think that was an easy question, right?

Check Chip Pearson's website for the range of answers....

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/weeknum.htm

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


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"Captain" wrote:

How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.


Thanks! Is there a way to get the week # for a specific date?

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"Ron Coderre" wrote:

You'd think that was an easy question, right?

Check Chip Pearson's website for the range of answers....

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/weeknum.htm

Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


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Thanks! Great web site!

Captain


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How do I get a cell to show the day of the week when date entered.
Example:A1 = 01/02/2005, A2 should Show Monday or MON.
I have Excel 2000.


Thanks! Is there a way to get the week # for a specific date?

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