vlookup with date

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Hi everyone

I am currently doing a vlookup to a reference column with a date format, to another sheet in a specific cell but my column is in text/number format. i got this error "invalid column value".


Is there a way i could convert the date value to a text or number?


thank you

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  • Andrée Starå
    Andrée Starå ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hi Archie,

    Yes, you can add + ”” at the end of the formula.

    Something like this.

    =[Start Date]@row + ""

    Did that work?

    I hope that helps!

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