I wish to know more about formatting code. For example, by recording a
macro, I can tell that the code below forces a date to appear a
certain way.

"[$-409]mmmm d, yyyy;@"

By recording, copying, and pasting I am usually able get things to
look the way I want. However, I would like to understand this type of
code a little better.

What does the [$-409} do?
What does mmmm do as opposed to mm, or d as oppossed to dd?
What does ;@ mean?

The above questions are meant to be rhetorical. I would rather know
how to learn this information for myself, since the above code is
merely one example.

Thanks all!

409 is the international code, for formatting option, US here.

mmmm gives you the long month name as against mm's 2 digit month number.

The @ is general format for negative numbers, but as this is a date, it
shouldn't be negative.

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HTH

Bob

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I wish to know more about formatting code. For example, by recording a
macro, I can tell that the code below forces a date to appear a
certain way.

"[$-409]mmmm d, yyyy;@"

By recording, copying, and pasting I am usually able get things to
look the way I want. However, I would like to understand this type of
code a little better.

What does the [$-409} do?
What does mmmm do as opposed to mm, or d as oppossed to dd?
What does ;@ mean?

The above questions are meant to be rhetorical. I would rather know
how to learn this information for myself, since the above code is
merely one example.

Thanks all!