ISO 8601 standardizes the format of dates written using only numbers. Excel
2003 does not support this format, so I have to write dates as text. This
sucks.

More information:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre...fe_2.html#date

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Excel supports the format.

You have to create a custom number format for it to work.
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"James the Standards Man" wrote:

ISO 8601 standardizes the format of dates written using only numbers. Excel
2003 does not support this format, so I have to write dates as text. This
sucks.

More information:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre...fe_2.html#date

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As an Excel date is just a serial number, it can support all manner of date
formats.

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Bob Phillips

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ISO 8601 standardizes the format of dates written using only numbers.
Excel
2003 does not support this format, so I have to write dates as text. This
sucks.

More information:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/commcentre...fe_2.html#date

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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.


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