>>If I have a date in column A: 09/21/2005
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>>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.
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>>Easy in Foxpro. Can't figure it out in Excel...
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>Jay,
>Try this
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=TEXT(MONTH(A1);0) & "/" & TEXT(DAY(A1)-1;0) & " & " & TEXT(MONTH(A1);0) & "/" & TEXT(DAY(A1);0)

It's telling me that I have an error in the formula. Did you test it using a date in column A?