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M Alsaqqa

Hi All,

I wonder if there is a way to make the Day initals (i.e. Sat, Sun, Mon...etc) show up next to the date in smartsheets?

Regards,

M Alsaqqa

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Andrée Starå

Hi,

Unfortunately, it's not possible at the moment to get in the same cell, but it's a great idea!

Please submit an Enhancement Request when you have a moment.

As a workaround, you could add a column and have it show there.

Would that work?

Have a fantastic day!

Best,

Andrée Starå

Workflow Consultant @ Get Done Consulting

Paul Newcome

It also depends on how the dates are entered. If manually, Andree's suggestion will work. If you are using a formula, you could add to it, but it would then render the date useless for future calculations.

Andrée Starå

I just realized that you could change the format of the date and at least include the name of the month or day.

Would that work?

Paul Newcome

Duh! The new date formats. There is one that works exactly as the poster describes... Ugh.

Andrée Starå

Exactly, Duh is the word!

Rodney Myers

Column you want the Initials =IF(WD1 = 1, "Sun", IF(WD1 = 2, "Mon", IF(WD1 = 3, "Tues", IF(WD1 = 4, "Wedy", IF(WD1 = 5, "Thu", IF(WD1 = 6, "Fri", IF(WD1 = 7, "Saturday", "")))))))

Helper Column WD =WEEKDAY([Date]1)

DATE Column

Paul Newcome

@Rodney Myers

You could also combine your two columns into 1 to save a little space if needed...

=IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 1, "Sun", IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 2, "Mon", IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 3, "Tues", IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 4, "Wedy", IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 5, "Thu", IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 6, "Fri", IF(WEEKDAY([Date]@row) = 7, "Saturday", "")))))))

Just use the WEEKDAY function directly in your nested IF's.

Ross Brown

https://community.smartsheet.com/discussion/comment/191376#Comment_191376

Wow, awesome Paul! Thanks!

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