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Old 23 January 2008, 11:22 AM
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Question QUICK EXCEL QUESTION...

If I have a date in a cell how can I set a function in another cell to take the first 2 digits from that value?

E.g

CELL A1 shows 30/01/08


how would you get cell A2 to prepopulate with the first 2 digits of value in A1 in this case '30'

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Old 23 January 2008, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by L33_WRX
If I have a date in a cell how can I set a function in another cell to take the first 2 digits from that value?

E.g

CELL A1 shows 30/01/08


how would you get cell A2 to prepopulate with the first 2 digits of value in A1 in this case '30'

Cheers
In A2 enter =A1

Then format the cell A2 as custom format, type:- dd
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nice one - cheers (thought after I posted this that I can use days360 function
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nice one - cheers (thought after I posted this that I can use days360 function)
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nice one - cheers (thought after I posted this that I can use days360 function)
Old 23 January 2008, 01:51 PM
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nice one - cheers (thought after I posted this that I can use days360 function)
Old 23 January 2008, 08:35 PM
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