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Mitchell Hogg
Dec 20, 2016Copper Contributor
TYPE FUNCTION to Merge MM/DD with YYYY
I defined cell A1 to contain 01/01 and cell B1 to contain 2017, both stored as text. Using =TYPE(A1&"/"&B1) it displays as Monday, January 02, 1900. I expected Sunday, January 01, 2017. The Eva...
Wyn Hopkins
Dec 21, 2016MVP
Mitchell Hogg, the TEXT function will give you what you need
=TEXT(A1&"/"&B1,"dddd, mmmm, dd, yyyy")
- Mitchell HoggDec 22, 2016Copper Contributor
Thank you. I used TEXT as described and all is well.