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Using Custom Number Formats 24
Code
Comments
_ (underscore)
“text”
@
[color]
Leaves a space equal to the width of the next character.
Displays the text inside the double quotation marks.
Text placeholder.
Displays the characters in the color specified. Can be any of the following text strings (not case
sensitive): Black, Blue, Cyan, Green, Magenta, Red, White, or Yellow.
[Color n] Displays the corresponding color in the color palette, where n is a number from 0 to 56.
[condition value]
Enables you to set your own criterion for each section of a number format.
Table 24.4 lists the codes used to create custom formats for dates and times.
TABLE 24.4
Codes Used in Creating Custom Formats for Dates and Times
Code
Comments
m Displays the month as a number without leading zeros (1–12).
mm Displays the month as a number with leading zeros (01–12).
mmm
mmmm
mmmmm
Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan–Dec).
Displays the month as a full name (January–December).
Displays the first letter of the month (J–D).
d Displays the day as a number without leading zeros (1–31).
dd Displays the day as a number with leading zeros (01–31).
ddd
dddd
Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun–Sat).
Displays the day as a full name (Sunday–Saturday).
yy or yyyy Displays the year as a two-digit number (00–99) or as a four-digit number (1900–9999).
h or hh
Displays the hour as a number without leading zeros (0–23) or as a number with leading zeros
(00–23).
m or mm
Displays the minute as a number without leading zeros (0–59) or as a number with leading
zeros (00–59).
s or ss
Displays the second as a number without leading zeros (0–59) or as a number with leading
zeros (00–59).
[ ] Displays hours greater than 24 or minutes or seconds greater than 60.
AM/PM
Displays the hour using a 12-hour clock; if no AM/PM indicator is used, the hour uses a
24.hour clock.
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