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Default Formatting of Dates

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:26:00 -0700, Hervinder
wrote:

I seem to have a very annoying problem with dates on excel.

I have a simple spreadsheet which is listing invoices for me on a monthly
basis. The column is formated as date "dd/mm/yyyy", when i enter the date
into a cell within this column it will display correctly in the formula bar
but on the cell i only see a 5 chracter number. For example 01/06/2007 is
being displayed in the cell as 39234. I have tried diferent date formats but
it doesnt seem to change anything.

If anyone can help with this i would be truly greatful.

Thanks in advance
Hervinder


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