Inserting day of week along with date

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martin firth - Nov 12, 2008 at 07:46 AM
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 - Jun 27, 2019 at 11:09 AM
Hello,

I am currently working on a spreadsheet and trying to set the cell format so that it displays the day of te week alongside the date eg Wed 12/11/08. Is this possible? If so how?
Thanks for your ooking into this nad in anticipation of someone providing me with a solution..
martin

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Right-click on the cell, choose "Format cells", go to "Custom" & type "ddd dd/mm/yy" in the "Type" box.
That is great, but I would like to know how to stick a carriage return in after the day? i.e.

Sunday
01/02/2009


Wrap text, then squash the column results in ########################

Pete
great !!!
It worked! Thank you. Is there a way to get the text to wrap so that the day is on top of the date? wrap text is checked but only a single line of text is visible.
TrowaD Posts 2921 Registration date Sunday September 12, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen December 27, 2022 555 > Chapel Chick
Jun 27, 2019 at 11:09 AM
To get the day above the date using wrap text will result in ###### using the above method.

Using the formula below will yield the desired result:
=TEXT("12-12-2009","dddd") & " " & TEXT("12-12-2009","dd-mm-yyy")

Wrap text can be found by going to cell properties and then the second tab, the one next to Number (Alignment?)
Thank you so much. From Janet of Sydney Australia. Age 75 yrs.