Excel: Format Dates As Quarters or Weeks

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Problem: Why don't the date formats offer quarters or weeks?

Strategy: The TEXT() function in Excel will not let you display quarters or weeks. However, the FORMAT() function in VBA will let you display quarters and weeks. For a quick primer on setting up a VBA function to use this formatting, go to your browser and search for "œLearn Excel 1074".

I realize that VBA scares people. I generally don't include tricks in this book that require VBA. I've written other books that include only VBA. However, given that you can get amazing results from 3 lines of VBA code, this trick makes the cut.

  1. Use a VBA function to format as quarters or weeks.

  2. Three lines of code enable the Quarter and Week trick.