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Manipulating a date to create a specific string
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22/09/2005 07:18:52
Jay Johengen
Altamahaw-Ossipee, North Carolina, United States
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Microsoft Office
Category:
Excel
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01051896
Message ID:
01051902
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>If I have a date in column A: 09/21/2005
>
>I need to get the following text string in column B: "09/20 & 09/21"
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>The day and the prior day from the date in column A.
>
>Easy in Foxpro. Can't figure it out in Excel...

Jay,
Try this
=TEXT(MONTH(A1);0) & "/" & TEXT(DAY(A1)-1;0) & " & " & TEXT(MONTH(A1);0) & "/" & TEXT(DAY(A1);0)
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