Hi Priscilla

If you not enter the year Excel use th current year

Enter 05/05/05 for the date May-05-05 and format it as mmmyy and you get May-05



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Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl


"Priscilla" wrote in message ...
I did something which caused a problem with entering dates in Excel. When I
enter a date, it looks fine until I leave the cell. Then the year advances by
one. For example if I type in 05/05, when I tab out the cell displays May-06.
I have tried right clicking on the cell and selecting the mmmyy selection,
but it makes no difference. I also selecting from tried the format dropdown
menu. Nothing changed it. the only way I could enter a date and have it stay
as entered was to put a quote mark before the numbers. what did I do to cause
this problem and how can i fix it?