Hi Ray & Haldun Thank you very, very much for this dearly appreciated Information. Now, if I may stretch the envelope just a little further, <smile> In a weekly report, I use cell "A4" for the reports duration dates e.g. "01 - 05 January 2003" where the start date always will be on a Monday and end date on a Friday. I know I can Use the formula you've so kindly helped me with in e.g. "A2" and the "-" in "A3" and use a similar formula in "A5,A6 and "A7" to get the desired date format as above, with just changing each cell's custom formatting, because in cell "L9" I have the formula "-TODAY()", to refer my new formula to.=20 However in this template I can only use "A4" for this purpose.=20 Would there possibly be some way of using this formula to get the desired result in only one Cell? With Kind Regards Johan ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************