Convert SERIAL date back into dd/mm/yy format?
I'm wanting to use the edate function.
Does anyone know how I can convert the edate answer back into dd/mm/yyyy in the cell contents rather than with formatting. |
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:29:01 -0700, "Aussie CPA"
wrote: I'm wanting to use the edate function. Does anyone know how I can convert the edate answer back into dd/mm/yyyy in the cell contents rather than with formatting. I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but perhaps: =TEXT(EDATE(A1,1),"dd/mm/yyyy") --ron |
Hi!
This will keep the date numeric: (if you need to do further calcs) =DATE(YEAR(EDATE(A1,1)),MONTH(EDATE(A1,1)),DAY(EDA TE(A1,1))) This will return a TEXT string: =TEXT(EDATE(A1,1),"dd/mm/yyyy") Biff "Aussie CPA" wrote in message ... I'm wanting to use the edate function. Does anyone know how I can convert the edate answer back into dd/mm/yyyy in the cell contents rather than with formatting. |
On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:46:31 -0400, "Biff" wrote:
Hi! This will keep the date numeric: (if you need to do further calcs) =DATE(YEAR(EDATE(A1,1)),MONTH(EDATE(A1,1)),DAY(ED ATE(A1,1))) How does that formula differ from: =EDATE(A1,1) ????? --ron |
I am curious. Why do you want text in the cell rather than a formatted date?
If you do this, you can not do further date arithmetic with the value unless you use the DATEVALUE function. On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:29:01 -0700, "Aussie CPA" wrote: I'm wanting to use the edate function. Does anyone know how I can convert the edate answer back into dd/mm/yyyy in the cell contents rather than with formatting. |
=DATE(YEAR(EDATE(A1,1)),MONTH(EDATE(A1,1)),DAY(ED ATE(A1,1)))
How does that formula differ from: =EDATE(A1,1) It doesn't as far as the value returned. The longer redundant formula will return the auto formatted value versus Edate returning the serial date. I wasn't sure about what the OP was really asking for. I read that maybe for some reason they couldn't format the result of Edate. That's why I also included the Text function. Biff "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message ... On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:46:31 -0400, "Biff" wrote: Hi! This will keep the date numeric: (if you need to do further calcs) =DATE(YEAR(EDATE(A1,1)),MONTH(EDATE(A1,1)),DAY(E DATE(A1,1))) How does that formula differ from: =EDATE(A1,1) ????? --ron |
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:16:01 -0400, "Biff" wrote:
It doesn't as far as the value returned. The longer redundant formula will return the auto formatted value versus Edate returning the serial date. I wasn't sure about what the OP was really asking for. I read that maybe for some reason they couldn't format the result of Edate. That's why I also included the Text function. That autoformatting could be handy. I wonder why EDATE doesn't autoformat whereas the DATE function does. Possibly an affect of native code vs an add-in. --ron |
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