Calc: search for a formula "IF contains then"

nesumi77 Posted messages 2 Status Membre -  
nesumi77 Posted messages 2 Status Membre -
Hello everyone

I'm desperately looking for a formula to make my life easier, and after a lot of research, I'm still in the dark.

I have 2 columns in my file: one with dates (format DD/MM/YY) and one in which I want to extract the year from the previous column. For example, if A1 contains "19/04/14", I want B1 to display "2014".

I was thinking of a formula like "if A1 contains 2014 then 2014 in B1" (and be able to nest other conditions because obviously, I will need to do the same for 2011, 2012, 2013...).

Sure, I've spent so much time searching that entering them by hand would probably have been faster, but I would really like to know if this can work or not. I've found lots of examples with text, but none with dates.

Thanks

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eriiic Posted messages 24581 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   7 281
 
Hello,

=year(A1) right?

eric

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f894009 Posted messages 17417 Registration date   Status Membre Last intervention   1 717
 
Hello,

If in A1, I have "19/04/14", then "2014" should appear in B1.

In B1: =YEAR(A1) and drag down to the other cells in column B

Whatever the date in column A, you will have the year in column B:

A2: 01/12/2011 B2: 2011
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nesumi77 Posted messages 2 Status Membre
 
Oh la la, it was so simple! I see that I still went looking for the complicated.

Thank you very much.
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