Translate a date into the month
In kolomn B I've dates written as follows: mrt-19, mrt-20,....apr-01 (in fx
box you see 19-03-2007). In kolomn A I would like to translate this date into mrt, mrt,....apr etc. could someone help me with this! many thanks, joost |
Translate a date into the month
In A1, either use the formula =B1 and format the cell as mmm, or use the
formula =TEXT(B1,"mmm"). The formula will leave column A as Excel dates, whereas the latter produces text. -- David Biddulph "joostb" wrote in message ... In kolomn B I've dates written as follows: mrt-19, mrt-20,....apr-01 (in fx box you see 19-03-2007). In kolomn A I would like to translate this date into mrt, mrt,....apr etc. could someone help me with this! many thanks, joost |
Translate a date into the month
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:48:13 -0700, joostb
wrote: In kolomn B I've dates written as follows: mrt-19, mrt-20,....apr-01 (in fx box you see 19-03-2007). In kolomn A I would like to translate this date into mrt, mrt,....apr etc. could someone help me with this! many thanks, joost A1: =B1 Then custom format A1 as "mmm" (or whatever your month symbol is in your language. Or: A1: =TEXT(B1,"mmm") (again, replace mmm with your symbol for month in your language) --ron |
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