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Default function to return day in the form "Monday", "Tuesday" etc given .

Hello. What function in excel will return the day in the form "Monday",
"Tuesday" et given a date. Or, if it has to be by cell formatting, how do I
do it? Thanks
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Default function to return day in the form "Monday", "Tuesday" etc given .

Hi,

In the cell where you want your day of the week type =TEXT(A2, "dddd")

Change cell reference A2 to suit...

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Gav.

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Hello. What function in excel will return the day in the form "Monday",
"Tuesday" et given a date. Or, if it has to be by cell formatting, how do I
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Default function to return day in the form "Monday", "Tuesday" etc given .

You can also select the cells where you are entering the dates and set a
custom format by...

FormatCellsNumber tabUnder category select custom and in the type box
enter dddd.

Now when you enter a date in the cells the correct day will be displayed..

Regards,

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Hello. What function in excel will return the day in the form "Monday",
"Tuesday" et given a date. Or, if it has to be by cell formatting, how do I
do it? Thanks

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