Thanks but,
I should have correctly posed the question as:
I need to enter dates in dd/mm/yyyy format prior to 1900 like 14/02/1834,
and be able to sort them into chronological order. Can this be done?

"Fredrik Wahlgren" wrote:


"Pete the Mag" wrote in message
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I need to enter dates in dd/mm/yyyy format prior to 1900 like 14/02/1834.
Can this be done?

Thanks
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Pete

Use an apostrophe as the first character, i.e. '14/02/1834
the postrophe won't appear and Excel will treat what follows as text.

/Fredrik