date formatting
 

currently i have a date such as this in a the field; 08/13/2009, i want to
create another column and show only the year. how can this be done.
assistance is appreciated. working on this report now and due soon. help.

date formatting
 

SMASE, Inc.;452269 Wrote:
currently i have a date such as this in a the field; 08/13/2009, i want
to
create another column and show only the year. how can this be done.
assistance is appreciated. working on this report now and due soon.
help.

say your date is in cell K17, then in any other cell:
=YEAR(K17)


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date formatting
 

=YEAR(A1) works to get the year VALUE in the other cell

=A1 in the other cell and give the custom format of yyyy will leave the
date in the second cell and DISPLAY the year

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currently i have a date such as this in a the field; 08/13/2009, i want to
create another column and show only the year. how can this be done.
assistance is appreciated. working on this report now and due soon.
help.

date formatting
 

thank you for your knowledge and sharing of it. your response is greatly
appreciated. oh, by the way it worked !

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SMASE, Inc.;452269 Wrote:
currently i have a date such as this in a the field; 08/13/2009, i want
to
create another column and show only the year. how can this be done.
assistance is appreciated. working on this report now and due soon.
help.

say your date is in cell K17, then in any other cell:
=YEAR(K17)


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p45cal

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