Combining cell reference with text

[mattflow]

I know how to use the & symbol to combine cell references with text, but i am having trouble getting this to work when the 2 cells i am referencing are dates.

For instance, lets say cell A1 is 11/15/05, and cell A2 is 3/21/06 and i would like cell A3 to say November - 05 to March - 06. I have tried

=A1&" to "&A2

But i keep getting a #value error, any ideas?

[Ron Coderre]

Keep in mind...DATES are not TEXT. You need to convert:
For:
A1: 11/15/2005
A2: 3/21/2006

A3: =TEXT(A1,"mmmm - dd")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - dd")
Returns November - 15 to March - 21


Does that help?
Ron

[Sloth]

=TEXT(A1,"mmmm - yy")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - yy")
to get a result like this...
November - 05 to March - 06

I don't know why you would get the #value error with your formula. I get
something like this...
38671 to 38797

"mattflow" wrote:

>
> I know how to use the & symbol to combine cell references with text, but
> i am having trouble getting this to work when the 2 cells i am
> referencing are dates.
>
> For instance, lets say cell A1 is 11/15/05, and cell A2 is 3/21/06 and
> i would like cell A3 to say November - 05 to March - 06. I have tried
>
> =A1&" to "&A2
>
> But i keep getting a #value error, any ideas?
>
>
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[RagDyer]

Try this:

=TEXT(A1,"mmmm - yy")&" To "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - yy")

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>
> I know how to use the & symbol to combine cell references with text, but
> i am having trouble getting this to work when the 2 cells i am
> referencing are dates.
>
> For instance, lets say cell A1 is 11/15/05, and cell A2 is 3/21/06 and
> i would like cell A3 to say November - 05 to March - 06. I have tried
>
> =A1&" to "&A2
>
> But i keep getting a #value error, any ideas?
>
>
> --
> mattflow
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[mattflow]

=TEXT(A1,"mmmm - dd")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - dd")

That did it, thanks guys!

[RagDyer]

Thanks for the feed-back, but ... just so you realize ...
you asked for:
" - yy"
But you seem to have accepted:
" - dd".
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RD

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> =TEXT(A1,"mmmm - dd")&" to "&TEXT(A2,"mmmm - dd")
>
> That did it, thanks guys!
>
>
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