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FORMAT not working for Date to text as expected

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    FORMAT not working for Date to text as expected

    I used to know how to do this, but have been away for too long. I have an Excel 2010 macro I am working on that spits out a fixed field file as it's final output. The file is generated daily and is FTP'ed daily to the client's server. The client wants the format to be INSPECTION2013030154726.TXT. I was using the format function with a format, but the date and time are unchanged from system settings:

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    I am still playing with it, but not remembering how to do it. Any clues?

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    Re: FORMAT not working for Date to text as expected

    Not sure about it, but you can give it a try.

    See the red text.

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    Re: FORMAT not working for Date to text as expected

    SOLVED!

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    ...should hyave been...

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    Re: FORMAT not working for Date to text as expected

    That was part of it. Much thanks!

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    Not sure about it, but you can give it a try.

    See the red text.

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