Many times you prepare financial reports in multiple sheets where you have to mention the date of signing report along with the certain text. There are multiple ways to combine text with a date or time in excel.
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Combine text with a date by following these simple steps:
Hence it increases responsibility to update the date on each sheet.
What if you enter a proper date in one sheet and it automatically updates the date mentioned with combined text in other sheets of the workbook?
BUT…. Problem faced while combining the text with the date is as follows:
How to Combine text with Date & Time here is the solution
- Enter this formula =Concatenate(A3,” “,TEXT(B3,”mm/dd/yyyy”) into a blank cell besides your data.
- Or alternatively can use the second formula as =A4&” “&TEXT(B4,”dd/mm/yyyy”) into a black cell besides your data.
How to Combine Date & Time in Excel
to merge/combine the date & time in excel cells, follow below steps,
Step 1: Here is the simple formula to combine Date & Time in Excel
Step 2: A2 indices the first date in Date Column & B2 is for Time Column
Step 3: Type this formula = TEXT(A2,”m/dd/yy “)&TEXT(B2,”hh:mm:ss”) into next column.
Step 4: Now you will get Combine Date & Time in Excel
Detail discussion of the Text formula in the context of date formatting
Assuming a date of 08-07-2015 3:21:00 PM, here is a complete set of formatting codes for a date, along with sample output. Combine text with a date with ease, thereby increasing your productivity and efficiency.
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Format code
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Output
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d
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8
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dd
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08
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ddd
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Wed
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dddd
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Wednesday
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m
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7
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mm
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07
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mmm
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Jul
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mmmm
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July
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mmmmm
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J
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y
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15
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yy
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15
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yyyy
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2015
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mm/dd/yyyy
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07/08/2015
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m/d/y
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7/8/15
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ddd, mmm d
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Wed,Jul 8
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mm/dd/yyyy h:mm AM/PM
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07/08/2015 3:21 PM
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dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss
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07/08/2015 15:21:00
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Here are a few more examples of concatenating text, number, and date:
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