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Ron Rosenfeld
 
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Default Convert Date to STring

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:40:36 -0600, tonymaguire
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How do I convert a date (25/11/2005) in a date field to the same string
in a General or Text field? Whenever I try Excel converts to the
serial value of the date.


You use the TEXT worksheet function.

eg: =TEXT(A1,"YYYYMMDD")


--ron


 
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