[mso] Re: mso Digest V3 #235
- From: "MCQUEEN, RICHARD H (SWBT)" <rx8273@xxxxxxx>
- To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:03:32 -0500
Ray,
Thank you for the web site; many useful things there. I also
appreciate the tip about formatting as well. I had looked under the Date
formats provided, but it had not occurred to me to check under Custom
formats. That was just what I needed.
Thanks,
Rick
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>=A0Behalf Of MCQUEEN, RICHARD H (SWBT)= Sent: 23 August 2004 18:36
To:>=A0'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'= Subject: [mso] Date Format Conversion
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I have an outside Excel report that populates dates in the following
mmddyyyy format: 04172004. I need a method of converting
this date into the format yyyy-mm. I know that I can use
the following formula: TEXT(B11,"yyyy")&IF(MONTH(B11)=1,"-
",IF(MONTH(B11)=3D2,"-02",IF(MONTH(= B 11)=
,"-03",IF(MONTH(B11)=4,"-04"))))= where B11 is the location of
the original date, but I run out of arguments after the fourth IF. What
method would allow all 12 months to be returned? I cannot change the
original report, and I need the new format for pivot table
options. Thank you for your help.
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>Rick McQueen
>rx8273@xxxxxxx <">mailto:rx8273@xxxxxxx
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-----------------------------------Original Message-----
From: Ray Blake [mailto:ray@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 1:28 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Date Format Conversion
There are several ways of doing this. The first is with a lookup table,
and you can find an article on my site here to get you started with
this:
http://www.grbps.com/raq1.htm
Or, you could use the CHOOSE worksheet command - more details here:
http://www.grbps.com/ExcelA.pdf
(On the third page of that article is the exact construction you need.)
But I'm curious as to why a simple cell format won't do the trick for
you (Format-Cells-Date and time and enter "yyyy-MM".)
Ray
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