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

This should work regardless of your system language or regional settings:

="Some text and a date: "&TEXT(DAY(A2);"00")&"-"&TEXT(MONTH(A2);"00")&"-"&TEXT(YEAR(A2);"0000")

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[Edit] I just tested the solution with German (TT.MM.JJJJ) and English settings (DD.MM.YYYY) and it works fine! You may need to use , instead of ; in the MS EXCEL formula (depending on your actual list separator symbol --> check your OS settings!).