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    convert date to a Text format

    i have a date field and i want to have another column next to it that would have the text format in YYMMDD format

    3-oct-22 becomes 221003

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    Re: convert date to a Text format

    so Custom format as YYMMDD.
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    Re: convert date to a Text format

    still consider it as a date and once you do pivot table it groups them base on months.

    i dont want that
    i want to group them based on days and thats why i m trying to show it as this and change the attribute of the cell

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    Re: convert date to a Text format

    try
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