CONVERT A DATE TO A DAY

[DOUG ECKERT]

I would like to know the formula to convert a date, such as *Wednesday,
1-Oct-08 to read "Wednesday", that is, plain old text which says "Wednesday".
Please advise.

DOUG

 

[T. Valko]

If cell A1 contains a true Excel date:

=TEXT(A1,"dddd") returns Wednesday

=TEXT(A1,"ddd") returns Wed

 

[Billy Liddel]

Or you can format the date number in the format menu. Choose Format, Cells,
Custom and enter three or four d.

This way it retains the date properties and you can perform operations on it
in the normal way.

Regards

Peter Atherton

 

[T. Valko]

I think they wanted a text result:

"Wednesday", that is, plain old text which says "Wednesday".

Either way, now they have both options.