Either:

Pre-format the cell as TEXT

Precede the entry with an apostrophe (which will not be displayed in the
cell): '2-3

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Fady" wrote in message
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Hello,

I would like to know guys how to stop excel from automatically converting
my
numbers into dates. I type "2-3" in a cell, and whenever I hit enter or
next,
I found it changed to 2-3 February. How can I stop that?

Thanks for yoru help