Hi Paul B,

Many thanks for such a quick reply.
It worked brilliantly, many, many thanks.

What a great site this is, wish I had found it earlier.
Again many thanks.

Robert
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Robert, have a look here

http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip028.htm
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Paul B
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Using Excel 2002 & 2003

"Robert Newman" wrote in
message
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I am entering family information in a spreadsheet and
entering dates as for example 23 Nov 2004. However
these
are not recognised as dates if year is before 1900 and
hence I cannot sort on date. Is there a way to overcome
this please?

Robert


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