I have a spreadsheet with columns of dates and times. I need to combine
them into a common cell. For example, I have columns A and B, and want to
generate C::

A B C
1/1 4:00 1/1-4:00
1/2 4:15 1/2-4:15
1/3 4:25 1/3-4:25

When I use =concatenate(a1,"-",b1) in column C I get:
39083-0.195833333333333
39084-0.196527777777778
39085-0.197222222222222


I've tried TEXT(), but can't figure out what text format string to use. I
also tried formatting column C as Text - didn't work

I've searched this newsgroup and the MS knowledgebase to no avail. Can
anyone help?

Thanks,
Bob

Have you tried:

=TEXT(A1+B1,"m/d-h:mm")

MH

"Invalid" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet with columns of dates and times. I need to combine
them into a common cell. For example, I have columns A and B, and want to
generate C::

A B C
1/1 4:00 1/1-4:00
1/2 4:15 1/2-4:15
1/3 4:25 1/3-4:25

When I use =concatenate(a1,"-",b1) in column C I get:
39083-0.195833333333333
39084-0.196527777777778
39085-0.197222222222222


I've tried TEXT(), but can't figure out what text format string to use. I
also tried formatting column C as Text - didn't work

I've searched this newsgroup and the MS knowledgebase to no avail. Can
anyone help?

Thanks,
Bob

Try this:

=TEXT(A1+B1,"m/d-h:mm")

Biff

"Invalid" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet with columns of dates and times. I need to combine
them into a common cell. For example, I have columns A and B, and want to
generate C::

A B C
1/1 4:00 1/1-4:00
1/2 4:15 1/2-4:15
1/3 4:25 1/3-4:25

When I use =concatenate(a1,"-",b1) in column C I get:
39083-0.195833333333333
39084-0.196527777777778
39085-0.197222222222222


I've tried TEXT(), but can't figure out what text format string to use. I
also tried formatting column C as Text - didn't work

I've searched this newsgroup and the MS knowledgebase to no avail. Can
anyone help?

Thanks,
Bob

Figured it out:

=CONCATENATE(TEXT(B2,"m/d")," - ",TEXT(C2,"h:mm"))

Sheesh!

"Invalid" wrote in message
...
I have a spreadsheet with columns of dates and times. I need to combine
them into a common cell. For example, I have columns A and B, and want to
generate C::

A B C
1/1 4:00 1/1-4:00
1/2 4:15 1/2-4:15
1/3 4:25 1/3-4:25

When I use =concatenate(a1,"-",b1) in column C I get:
39083-0.195833333333333
39084-0.196527777777778
39085-0.197222222222222


I've tried TEXT(), but can't figure out what text format string to use. I
also tried formatting column C as Text - didn't work

I've searched this newsgroup and the MS knowledgebase to no avail. Can
anyone help?

Thanks,
Bob

Try this:

=A1+B1

Format cells as: m/d-h:mm






"Invalid" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet with columns of dates and times. I need to combine
them into a common cell. For example, I have columns A and B, and want to
generate C::

A B C
1/1 4:00 1/1-4:00
1/2 4:15 1/2-4:15
1/3 4:25 1/3-4:25

When I use =concatenate(a1,"-",b1) in column C I get:
39083-0.195833333333333
39084-0.196527777777778
39085-0.197222222222222


I've tried TEXT(), but can't figure out what text format string to use. I
also tried formatting column C as Text - didn't work

I've searched this newsgroup and the MS knowledgebase to no avail. Can
anyone help?

Thanks,
Bob