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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
gb_S49
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Default date Concatenation

Hi,
I am trying to date Concatenate 2 cells. One contains text the other date.
How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066

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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:19 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Russell Dawson[_2_]
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Default date Concatenation

That's because the CONCATENATE formula joins two text strings together.
The result you are getting is converting the date 10/09/2009 (UK) into text.
Perhaps you should approach from another angle.
What are you trying to achieve? Why do you need to join these two cells in
this way?

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"gb_S49" wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to date Concatenate 2 cells. One contains text the other date.
How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066

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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
gb_S49
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Default date Concatenation

I need to know the date of a movement for a report. The colomns contain over
2,000 rows.

"Russell Dawson" wrote:

That's because the CONCATENATE formula joins two text strings together.
The result you are getting is converting the date 10/09/2009 (UK) into text.
Perhaps you should approach from another angle.
What are you trying to achieve? Why do you need to join these two cells in
this way?

--
Russell Dawson
Excel Student

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"gb_S49" wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to date Concatenate 2 cells. One contains text the other date.
How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066

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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
T. Valko
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Default date Concatenation

How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066


For the date in m/d/yyyy format...

=T6&" "&TEXT(U6,"m/d/yyyy")

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"gb_S49" wrote in message
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Hi,
I am trying to date Concatenate 2 cells. One contains text the other date.
How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066



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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
gb_S49
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Default date Concatenation

Thanks for your assistance but now sorted
:-)
ESTIMATE 08,Apr 2010
=T20&" "&TEXT(U20,"dd,MMM yyyy")


"Russell Dawson" wrote:

That's because the CONCATENATE formula joins two text strings together.
The result you are getting is converting the date 10/09/2009 (UK) into text.
Perhaps you should approach from another angle.
What are you trying to achieve? Why do you need to join these two cells in
this way?

--
Russell Dawson
Excel Student

Please hit "Yes" if this post was helpful.


"gb_S49" wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to date Concatenate 2 cells. One contains text the other date.
How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066

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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
TomPl
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Default date Concatenation


Try this:

=T6&" " &TEXT(U6,"dd/mm/yyyy")
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Old April 11th, 2010, 02:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Russell Dawson[_2_]
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Default date Concatenation

Please try to give a fuller explanation of what it is you are doing.

Data origin/destination. Reasons. Examples. Etc.

The more info you can give the easier it will be to assist.
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Russell Dawson
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"gb_S49" wrote:

I need to know the date of a movement for a report. The colomns contain over
2,000 rows.

"Russell Dawson" wrote:

That's because the CONCATENATE formula joins two text strings together.
The result you are getting is converting the date 10/09/2009 (UK) into text.
Perhaps you should approach from another angle.
What are you trying to achieve? Why do you need to join these two cells in
this way?

--
Russell Dawson
Excel Student

Please hit "Yes" if this post was helpful.


"gb_S49" wrote:

Hi,
I am trying to date Concatenate 2 cells. One contains text the other date.
How can I get the date to display as a date?
=T6&" "&U6 returns ESTIMATE 40066

 




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