You will if you type 010706 into a cell. I just tried it :)
You have to enter it as text or ensure that the cell is text first

Then Convert the cells using Text to Columns as detailed already

I just tried it and that works too :)

Steve

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:23:01 +0100, Mick
wrote:

I AM SORRY BUT I MUST REALLY BE COMING ACROSS AS THICK BUT i CANT GET IT
TO
WORK FOR ME i TRIED WHAT IS BELOW AND IT IS STILL GIVING ME WRONG DATES:
IE I
TYPE IN 010706 AND I GET 23/04/1929
ANYONE ANY IDEAS

"Mick" wrote:

I am sorry if this is a stupid question but here goes .

If I type in dates as 010106 it gives me 01/09/27
This was raised in an earlier Question I tried the reply by Ragdyer
which was
(If you were going to enter a *very* large number of dates into a
column,
where you might consider it worthwhile using several *extra* steps in
Text
To Columns (TTC), you could enter your dates using *6* digits (to avoid
ambiguity), *without* delimiters.

This entails a whole other procedure, so the saving wouldn't be realized
unless the number of dates to be entered was quite large.

For example, you could enter dates as mmddyy.
041705
121504
010105
101206
092504
122505

Then, select the cells, and
<Data <TextToColumns <Next <Next

Click on "Date", and make sure "MDY" shows in the window,
Then <Finish.

You've now made your 6 digit date entries recognizable to XL as *the*
dates
that you want, not "morphed" into dates XL chooses.)

It did not work for me can someone please help me




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Steve (3)