What are you doing wrong? Probably nothing. It's just Excel trying to be
helpful. Simply format the cell to a number with whatever precision you
want.

Regards,
Fred

"jimfitegcs" wrote in message
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I have a worksheet with each month listed on the columns. I have each row
totaled out, and wish to total expenditures for the month. But when I do,
I
get a date, and not a numerical value - which is what I want.
What am I doing wrong.