Should be a simple matter of changing the cells' format from Date to Number

Select the cell(s) giving you trouble, press Ctrl-1 or use the menu to
select Format|Cells, then select the Number tab and change the format to
Number or General



"bob condon" wrote:

I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.