If they are not reacting to a change in format, then excel is probably
treating them as text. Try this...

1. Copy an empty cell
2. Select the cells you want to change to a date
3. Edit-Paste Special
4. Select "add"
5. Reformat the cells as a date

"dccoffin" wrote:

I have imported data from Access. When I try to work with the date the
format can not be changed. It stays in mm/dd/yy hrs/min/sec format and can
not be changed by excel. Is there a way to change this format to get these
cells to act and sort in the same manner as the ones where I manually enter
the date?