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W. Boehmke, Jr.
 
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Default How do I use hyphens instead of slashes when representing date

BWA HA HA HA HAAAAAA!

Thank you, Corey.

"Doh!"

Now I'm DANGEROUS!

Bill B.

"Corey" wrote:

Right Click Format Cells Number Custom

Type: mm-dd-yy

This should give you the result you want

"W. Boehmke, Jr." wrote:

Dear Mr. Deitrick,

Thank you for responding, but I want to show the date numerically.

It seems that the only options available in the "Format Cell" "Date"
categories involve the month spelled out or abbreviated, i.e. "01-Mar-06".

I want to show dates as "03-01-06" and it gets converted to "03/01/06".

I'm using this in conjunction with ANSI Drafting Standards which recommend
not using slashes when depicting dates. I want to include this format in the
Excel spreadsheets I am using for a drawing log.

Thank you for your consideration of my question.

Bill Boehmke, Jr.

"Bernie Deitrick" wrote:

Format the cell for date, and choose the example date that uses hyphens.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


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I want to use hyphens instead of slashes when representing dates in Excel.