Date Formatting in Excel

To extract just the date portion from a cell with a date format in Excel and display it as text, you can use the TEXT function. Assuming your date is in cell A1, you can use the following formula in another cell to achieve this:

This formula will convert the date in cell A1 to text in the format "yyyy-mm-dd." You can customize the format inside the double quotes to match your desired date format. Here are some common date format options:

• "mm/dd/yyyy": Month/day/year (e.g., 10/11/2023)
• "dd/mm/yyyy": Day/month/year (e.g., 11/10/2023)
• "mmm dd, yyyy": Abbreviated month, day, and year (e.g., Oct 11, 2023)
• "dd-mmm-yyyy": Day, abbreviated month, and year (e.g., 11-Oct-2023)

.bat File Explanation

A .bat file is a batch file used to execute commands in the Windows operating system. Below is an example of a .bat file that opens both a website and a program:

@echo off
start msedge https://www.example.com
start C:\Path\To\Your\Program.exe
start "" "C:\Path\To\Your\Document.docx"
start "" "C:\Path\To\Your\Spreadsheet.xlsx"

• @echo off: This command turns off the display of the commands themselves in the command prompt. It's often used to make the output of batch files look cleaner.
• start msedge https://www.example.com: This command opens the specified website (https://www.example.com) using Microsoft Edge. If you want to use a different browser, you need to replace msedge with the appropriate executable name of the browser, such as chrome for Google Chrome.
• start C:\Path\To\Your\Program.exe: This command opens a program located at the specified path. Replace the path with the actual path and filename of your program.
• start "" "C:\Path\To\Your\Document.docx": This command opens the Word document located at the specified path. Replace C:\Path\To\Your\Document.docx with the actual path to your Word document. The "" is used to handle any spaces in the file path or name; it's a placeholder for the title of the command prompt window, which is not needed here.

When you run this batch file, it will first open the website in Microsoft Edge and then launch the specified program. Paths and URLs can be modified as per requirements.