Can I get a day(eg.Monday) referenced from a date cell?(2/May/05)

I would like to reference a cell that has a date in it, (e.g. 02/May/2005
(which is a Monday)) and then write into my new cell the word "Monday". I can
only see currently how I can write in a number (e.g. 2 for Monday) at
present. I guess it is possible to use a lookup table but if anybody knows
how to do it directly I would be most grateful.
I'm using MS Office Pro. 2000 Excel.
Thanks
Murray

Either a link like =A1 and custom format dddd or =TEXT(A1,"dddd")
where A would hold the date

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"murdot" <murdot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to reference a cell that has a date in it, (e.g. 02/May/2005
> (which is a Monday)) and then write into my new cell the word "Monday". I
> can
> only see currently how I can write in a number (e.g. 2 for Monday) at
> present. I guess it is possible to use a lookup table but if anybody knows
> how to do it directly I would be most grateful.
> I'm using MS Office Pro. 2000 Excel.
> Thanks
> Murray