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I want to show the current date ..ie =(today) but in a column next to it I
want to show the day of the week. What is the formula ?
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=day(A1), or whatever your cell reference is, then Format Custom Type
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In B1: =TEXT(A1,"ddd")
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Instead of using a second cell, you could just use a custom format:

Format|cells|Number tab|custom category:

mmmm dd, yyyy dddd
or
mm/dd/yyyy dddd
or some variation.

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Have you tried that suggestion, Ryan? What day does that give for today?

Try again with =A1 instead of =DAY(A1)
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