Maybe this will help
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm
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HTH
Bob Phillips
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"Mike" wrote in message
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I want to type in 0700 in a cell and press <tab to go to the next cell
and
it will auto format it like 07:00 (military time). ex: type in 1400 and it
display as 14:00, etc. In other words, I want to be lazy and not have to
type
the colon. How do I need to format the cell?
Thanks... Mike