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- From: justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Justin Ridge)
- Subject: Re: Displaying quarters in Excel?
- Message-ID: <justin.721976443@tasman>
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- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:00:43 GMT
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- > For example, I would want dates 1/1 through 3/30 displayed
- > something like "Q1", 4/1 through 6/30 displayed something
- > like "Q2", etc.
- >
- > Can this be done through the Format-Number command? Or do
- > I need to convert the dates through cumbersome formulae
- > with "IF" statement(s)?
-
- As far as I know, no you can't accomplish this with the format number
- command on its own. But by the same token, you do not need to use IF
- statements.
- Say your date is in cell A1, then one possible formula is:
- ="Q"&TEXT(INT(MONTH(A1)/4)+1,"0")
-
- This is about the easiest way which readily springs to mind, but of
- course there may well be others.
-
- Regards,
- Justin Ridge
- University of Tasmania
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