I have a field that contains a time period. ie: 01/01/2017-01/07/2017 I only need the first date
I'm using =left(xx,find("-",xx)-1) which works fine. I get 01/01/2017
I need that ending value to be formatted like Jan 2017. I created a NEW column for month/year. =text(xx,"mmm yyy")
is there anyway to do this all in one step?
thank you
Steve B
Yes. Like this:
=TEXT(left(xx,find("-",xx)-1),"mmm yyy")
But you only really need this:
=TEXT(LEFT(xx,10),"mmm yyy")
Last edited by AliGW; 07-27-2017 at 11:30 AM. Reason: Misread requirements - changed formulae.
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Try
=TEXT(LEFT(A1,FIND("-",A1)-1),"mmm yyyy")
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one less column to deal with....
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