Take two characters from a cell

Question

In Cell A1 I have a date format: 22-12-2011 (dd-mm-yyy).

Now in A2 I want to have only the dd of A1.

So I want to have 22. How can I do this?

Answer 1

If you need to take only the day, use:

A2=DAY(A1)

In Cell A2 you have to type:

=DAY(A1)