Date format changes to formula
 

Got a weird one. I set the date format in a cell. Then if I type the date in
mm/dd/yy format it coverts to a formula. It looks like this in the cell:
01/00/00 and the formula bar show this: =10/19/6

I've tried setting all different date formats but it is still spontaneously
switching to a formula and not displaying as a date.

Ideas?

Date format changes to formula
 

ToolsOptionsTransition.

Uncheck the all three Transition options.

i.e. navigation, formula evaluation, formula entry.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:41:02 -0700, Macnutt
wrote:

Got a weird one. I set the date format in a cell. Then if I type the date in
mm/dd/yy format it coverts to a formula. It looks like this in the cell:
01/00/00 and the formula bar show this: =10/19/6

I've tried setting all different date formats but it is still spontaneously
switching to a formula and not displaying as a date.

Ideas?

Date format changes to formula
 

What date format did you set it to....
just to make sure you are not typing in the equal sign in correct?


Macnutt wrote:
Got a weird one. I set the date format in a cell. Then if I type the date in
mm/dd/yy format it coverts to a formula. It looks like this in the cell:
01/00/00 and the formula bar show this: =10/19/6

I've tried setting all different date formats but it is still spontaneously
switching to a formula and not displaying as a date.

Ideas?

Date format changes to formula
 

Thanks a million, that worked perfectly!


"Gord Dibben" wrote:

ToolsOptionsTransition.

Uncheck the all three Transition options.

i.e. navigation, formula evaluation, formula entry.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:41:02 -0700, Macnutt
wrote:

Got a weird one. I set the date format in a cell. Then if I type the date in
mm/dd/yy format it coverts to a formula. It looks like this in the cell:
01/00/00 and the formula bar show this: =10/19/6

I've tried setting all different date formats but it is still spontaneously
switching to a formula and not displaying as a date.

Ideas?