That is the locales/language ID assigned by Microsoft..
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964664.aspx
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Jacob Skaria
"Hal" wrote:
Can anyone tell me what the [$-409] does in the custom cell format of
[$-409]dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy
thanks
Hal