Could be you are in "Formula View"

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Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:43:01 -0700, Angelo
wrote:

In a predesigned workbook, I was entering a date in a cell but it would
default to the general format. I tried changing the format in the cells
dialog box but it still displays as a general format. The date displays in
the formula bar as a date, but not in the cell. How do I get the cell to
display the date format that I want?