[users] Re: DATEVALUE Function ?? [SOLVED]

2006-08-09 Thread Andreas Saeger
William Case wrote: My problem was caused by two fixable things: 1) Nowhere can I find reference to the need to use =N() in spite of the formatting as you suggested. In fact, examples of functions in Help look like Help is using ' or " to turn references into dateStrings (à la Bash). Well, H

Re: [users] Re: DATEVALUE Function ?? [SOLVED]

2006-08-08 Thread William Case
Thanks Andreas; I finally got it working by using several different contortions. Your solutions are naturally more correct and elegant. On Wed, 2006-09-08 at 00:28 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > For now, I just have to get a base date value which I can manipulate. I > >

Re: [users] Re: DATEVALUE Function ?? [SOLVED]

2006-08-09 Thread William Case
Hi and Thanks Andreas; On Wed, 2006-09-08 at 10:51 +0200, Andreas Saeger wrote: > William Case wrote: > > > > > My problem was caused by two fixable things: > > > > 1) Nowhere can I find reference to the need to use =N() in spite of the > > formatting as you suggested. In fact, examples of fun