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XL thinks you're trying to divide 12 by 31 and then divide that result by
2006. This corresponds to a fraction of 1, which number is interpreted as equivalent to 1/1/1900 in XL logic. It is interpreted in this way because you have your cell formatted as a date. Just enter the date as a date, without the = sign. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "steve" wrote: I am using the date format of MM/DD/YYYY in a spreadsheet. I am trying to update 12/31/2005 to 12/31/2006 and when I do so, the date comes back to me as 01/01/1900, but the formula bar reads =12/31/2006. How do I fix this??? Steve |
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"steve" wrote: I am using the date format of MM/DD/YYYY in a spreadsheet. I am trying to update 12/31/2005 to 12/31/2006 and when I do so, the date comes back to me as 01/01/1900, but the formula bar reads =12/31/2006. How do I fix this??? Steve Thanks, but I did not enter the "=" sign, I entered 12/31/2006, hit enter, and the = signed appeared in the cell by itself. |
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I ddn't enter the equal sign.
Steve "Dave F" wrote: XL thinks you're trying to divide 12 by 31 and then divide that result by 2006. This corresponds to a fraction of 1, which number is interpreted as equivalent to 1/1/1900 in XL logic. It is interpreted in this way because you have your cell formatted as a date. Just enter the date as a date, without the = sign. Dave -- Brevity is the soul of wit. "steve" wrote: I am using the date format of MM/DD/YYYY in a spreadsheet. I am trying to update 12/31/2005 to 12/31/2006 and when I do so, the date comes back to me as 01/01/1900, but the formula bar reads =12/31/2006. How do I fix this??? Steve |
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Uncheck all those Lotus 123 settings. Excel figures that you want to do arithmetic 12 divided by 31 divided by 2006 (and formatted as a date, it's January 1st, 1900. steve wrote: I am using the date format of MM/DD/YYYY in a spreadsheet. I am trying to update 12/31/2005 to 12/31/2006 and when I do so, the date comes back to me as 01/01/1900, but the formula bar reads =12/31/2006. How do I fix this??? Steve -- Dave Peterson |
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