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lea cohen
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May 1, 2022 - 1:54 pm
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Hi,

attached file -
In the Sheet1 issue I wrote the date in the blue cell
And in the yellow cell I converted it to the desired structure
The problem is that it did not pull out well this month -
Instead of 18/4/2022 it was written 18/1/2022
Why?

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Hi Lea,

I don't recommend converting dates to text because it renders them useless in formulas. Why don't you use a custom number format:

yyyy-mm-dd

If you insist on having the date in a text format, then use this formula:

=TEXT(B8,"yyyy-mm-dd")

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Hi,

In the attachment here
I did what you suggested in the blue cell
But then the Match fails to pull out the figure - why?

Thank You!
Leah

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I used the formula you suggested above -
TEXT (B8, "yyyy-mm-dd") =
And it worked for me, thank you very much !!

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Personally, I'd use an Index/Match. I have what I believe you are looking for attached.

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