What is TEXT function in Excel? TEXT function is one of Microsoft Office Excel TEXT functions that lets you change the way a number appears by applying formatting to it with format codes. It’s useful in situations where you want to display numbers in a more readable format, or you want to combine numbers with text or symbols. Note: The TEXT function…
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How to join date and text together in Excel
To join a date with text, you can use concatenation with the TEXT function to control the date format.Generic formula =”text”&TEXT(date,format) Note: To control the date format, we use the TEXT function, which is designed to convert a number into text using a specified number format. Explanation In the example shown, the formula in E4 is: =”The date is “&TEXT(B4,”dddd, mmmm…
How to show last updated date stamp in Excel
To add a date stamp in a workbook to indicate a “date last updated”, you can use the TEXT function. Note: The TEXT function can apply number formatting to numbers just like Excel’s built-in cell formats for dates, currency, fractions, and so on. However, unlike Excel’s cell formatting, the TEXT function works inside a formula and returns a result that…
Pad week numbers with zeros in Excel
To pad week numbers (or any number) with zeros using a formula, you can use the TEXT function. Formula =TEXT(WEEKNUM(date,type),”00″) Explanation In the example show, D5 contains this formula: =TEXT(WEEKNUM(B5,21),”00″) Which returns the string “07”. How this formula works The TEXT function can apply number formats of any kind, including currency, date, percentage, etc. By applying a number format like…
How to convert numbers to text using TEXT function in Excel
To convert numbers into text values, you can use the TEXT function. Normally, you want to maintain numeric values in Excel, because they can be used in formulas with other numbers. However, there are situations where converting numbers to text makes sense. For example, you might want to perform a lookup on numbers using wildcards, which can’t be done with numeric…
Convert date to Julian format in Excel
This tutorial shows how to Convert date to Julian format in Excel using example below. If you need to convert a date to a Julian date format in Excel, you can do so by building a formula that uses the TEXT, YEAR, and DATE functions. Formula =YEAR(date)&TEXT(date-DATE(YEAR(date),1,0),”000″) Explanation Background “Julian date format” refers to a format where the year value…
Convert date to month and year in Excel
This tutorial shows how to Convert date to month and year in Excel using example below. To convert a normal Excel date into yyyymm format (e.g. 9/1/2017 > 201709), you can use the TEXT function. Formula =TEXT(date,”yyyymm”) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in C6 is: =TEXT(B6,”yyyymm”) How this formula works The TEXT function applies the number format you…
Convert date to text in Excel
This tutorial shows how to Convert date to text in Excel using example below. If you need to convert dates to text (i.e. date to string conversion) , you can use the TEXT function. The TEXT function can use patterns like “dd/mm/yyyy”, “yyyy-mm-dd”, etc. to convert a valid date to a text value. See table below for a list of available tokens.…
Create date range from two dates in Excel
This tutorial shows how to Create date range from two dates in Excel using example below. To display a date range in one cell based on dates in different cells, you can use a formula based on the TEXT function. Formula =TEXT(date1,”format”)&” – “&TEXT(date2,”format”) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in cell E5 is: =TEXT(B5,”mmm d”)&” – “&TEXT(C5,”mmm d”)…
Count dates in current month in Excel
This tutorial shows how to Count dates in current month in Excel using example below. To count dates in the current month, you can use a formula based on the COUNTIFS or SUMPRODUCT function as explained below. Formula =COUNTIFS(range,”>=”&EOMONTH(TODAY(),-1)+1, range,”<“&EOMONTH(TODAY(),0)+1) Explanation In the example shown above, the formula in E7 is: =COUNTIFS(dates,”>=”&EOMONTH(TODAY(), -1)+1,dates,”<“&EOMONTH(TODAY(),0)+1) Where “dates” is the named range B5:B104. How this…
Get days, hours, and minutes between dates in Excel
To calculate and display the days, hours, and minutes between two dates, you can use the TEXT function with a little help from the INT function. Alternatively, you can adapt the formula using SUMPRODUCT. Formula =INT(end-start)&” days “&TEXT(end-start,”h”” hrs “”m”” mins “””) Explanation In the example shown, the formula in D5 is: =INT(C5-B5)&” days “&TEXT(C5-B5,”h”” hrs “”m”” mins “””) How this…
Get day name from date in Excel
If you need to get the day name (i.e. Monday, Tuesday, etc.) from a date or to convert the date into a day name, there are several options depending on your needs. Formula TEXT(B4,”dddd”) Explanation Do you just want to display the day name? If you only want to display a day name, you don’t need a formula – you can use…
Get month name from date in Excel
If you need to get the month name (i.e. January, February, March, etc.) from a date, you have several options depending on your needs. Formula =TEXT(date,”mmmm”) Explanation To convert the date into a month name If you want to convert the date value to a text value, you can use the TEXT function with a custom number format like “mmm”. In the…
Convert Numbers to Text in Excel
By default, numbers are right-aligned and text is left-aligned in Excel. This example teaches you how to convert numbers to ‘text strings that represent numbers’. 1. Select the range A1:A4 and change the number format to Text. 2. Precede a number by an apostrophe and it will also be treated as text. 3a. If you add text to a number and still want to format this…