French format

[Guest]

Hello,

I have the need to have 2 cells side-by-side (one in English and the other
in French). In the English one, I have =Text('variables'!$B$33,"dddd mmm dd,
yyyy") which results in the value 'Saturday, September 01, 2007' being
returned.

How can I do the same but resulting in the French counterpart being returned
such as 'Samedi le 1 septembre, 2007'? Is there a way to set the language of
a cell?

Thank you for your guidance,

Daniel P

 

[Bob Phillips]

No, you would have to maintain language specific lists and look it up.

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HTH

Bob

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[Guest]

Thanks for the bad news Bob!

At least now i know to stop looking for something that doesn't exist.

Daniel P

 

[Guest]

Hi Daniel

Try this:

=LOOKUP(WEEKDAY(variables!$B$33),{1,2,3,4,5,6,7},{"Dimanche","Lundi","Mardi","Mercredi","Jeudi","Vendredi","Samedi"})&"
le "&DAY(variables!$B$33)&"
"&LOOKUP(MONTH(variables!$B$33),{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12},{"Janvier","Février","Mars","Avril","Mai","Juin","Juillet","Août","Septembre","Octobre","Novembre","Décembre"})&", "&YEAR(variables!$B$33)

HTH
Jean-Guy