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Show dates as days of the week

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Let's say you want to see the date displayed for a date value in a cell as "Monday" instead of the actual date of "October 3, 2005." There are several ways to show dates as days of the week.

What do you want to do?

Format cells to show dates as the day of the week

Convert dates to the text for the day of the week

Format cells to show dates as the day of the week

Select the cells that contain dates that you want to show as the days of the week.
On the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Number tab.
Under Category, click Custom, and in the Type box, type dddd for the full name of the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday, and so on), or ddd for the abbreviated name of the day of the week (Mon, Tue, Wed, and so on).

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Convert dates to the text for the day of the week

To do this task, use the TEXT function.

Example

The example may be easier to understand if you copy it to a blank worksheet.

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Create a blank workbook or worksheet.
Select the example in the Help topic.
Note Do not select the row or column headers.

Selecting an example from Help
Press CTRL+C.
In the worksheet, select cell A1, and press CTRL+V.
To switch between viewing the results and viewing the formulas that return the results, press CTRL+` (grave accent), or on the Tools menu, point to Formula Auditing, and then click Formula Auditing Mode.

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19-Feb-2007
3-Jan-2008
Formula	Description (Result)
=TEXT(A2, "dddd")	Calculates the day of the week for the date and returns the full name of the day of the week (Monday)
=TEXT(A3, "ddd")	Calculates the day of the week for the date and returns the abbreviated name of the day of the week (Thu)

Function details

TEXT

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