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Default Imported data changes to date format (5-1-5 changes to May 1, 2005

Format the cell as text before you enter the data.
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David Biddulph

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I am importing data from another program into Excel. One of the fields
being
imported is in the format #-#-# and when it gets to Excel it formats it as
Month day year (Ex. 5-1-5 is imported as May 1, 2005). How can I get it
to
import into Excel as 5-1-5?