See John Walkenbach's page on dates before 1900
http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/files/xdate.htm
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Bob Phillips
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"LeoTernes" wrote in message
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I downloaded the XDATE function. Now how do I format all the cells in a
column so I can just type in the dates earlier than 1900 in the following
format: dd-mmm-yyyy?