Excel TEXT formula doesn't convert 'yyyy' to a year

Question

I want to combine some text with a date in Excel 2013.

Let\'s say I have a cell A2 with a date like 30-10-2014. I tried to append the date after the text with t

Answer 1

Excel here obviously fails. TEXT should be language agnostic.

The workaround I found, especially if you have multiple cells to format:

1. Calculate the desired date format in a hidden cell or white colored:

=IF(TYPE(VALUE(TEXT(DATE_CELL;"YY")))=1;"DD.MM.YYYY";"ДД.ММ.ГГГГ")

If you need, it can be extended to support multiple regions like:

=IF(TYPE(VALUE(TEXT(DATE_CELL;"YY")))=1;"DD.MM.YYYY";IF(TYPE(VALUE(TEXT(DATE_CELL;"ГГ")))=1;"ДД.ММ.ГГГГ";"DD.MM.JJJJ"))

2. On cells where you need dates, use previous cell as second parameter:

="Date: " & TEXT(DATE_CELL; FORMAT_CELL)