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I have a date in cell A1 I need the date to also appear in cell G1 as text,
formatted as dd mmm yy. Any thoughts on how this might be done?

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Try this in G1:

=Text(A1,"dd mmm yy")

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In G1 enter =A1 and format the cell as Custom format "dd mmm yy" (without
the quotes)

or in G1 enter:

=TEXT(A1,"dd mmm yy")

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