Use Formatted Dates and Numbers within Other Text in Excel

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How to put dynamic formatted dates and numbers into text in Excel.

This allows you to have a number or date or any value that can be updated and changed, such as a date or dollar amount or hours worked, and be able to display that value nicely, and in the correct format, within other text in Excel.

This trick uses the TEXT() function with custom formatting rules in Excel.

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Excel Function: TEXT()
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Excel Function: TEXT()
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