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http://support.microsoft.com/?id=230931

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Noel

"lagerboy76" wrote in message
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Hi,
We have a various csv files from an ERP system which uses 2 digit years eg
31/01/35. Excel (according to the help) treats these as text fields and
uses
the hard coded 30-99= 19 rule and not the windows regional settings
(1961-2060 is our setting). This menas we get 31/01/1935 and not
31/01/2035
Is anyone aware of how we can ignore the Excel 30-99 rule without using
macros etc, as we want this to be automatic for any csv import

Excel 2003