Insure that your Windows settings are correct:


Start Settings Control Panel Date and Time
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Gary's Student


"because" wrote:

For some reason that has just started....When I type a date into Excel the
year comes up wrong . For example when I type in March 1....and press
enter....it comes up March 1, 2017 instead of 2006.

I have tried reinstalling to no avail......any thoughts?