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Default how can I stop Excel Advancing the year by 1 when I enter a date?

I'm putting my music database in excel I came across a track called
December 1943 what i did is December (1943) in brackets.
Priscilla wrote:
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?