Changing your dates to text

Your task is to format your dates as plain text so the user can plot a candlestick chart to show data from the Open, Close, High and Low prices. You will do this in the inserted column, using a formula.

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Data Visualization in Google Sheets

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Exercise instructions

Insert a new column so that column B is blank.
Type the heading "Plain Dates" in B16.
Enter a formula in B17 using text() to show the date from the the same row in column A with the same formatting but as plain text.
Copy the formula down from B17 through B26 and remove the dates that have popped up on your line chart.

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