Is there any way of entering the date and time without having to put the
separtors in (01/01/2007 21:15), how can I just enter the numbers
010120072115 and have EXCEL put the separtors in for me, can I get my cells
to look like this somehow or am I just hoping for too much _ _ / _ _ / _ _
_ _ / _ _ : _ _

Excel has no "input mask" type of function/format that will enter dates in this
manner.

Using event code it is possible.

See Chip Pearson's site for details and code.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

Otherwise you would need a helper cell with a formula to parse the date and
time.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:29:00 -0800, tankerman
wrote:

Is there any way of entering the date and time without having to put the
separtors in (01/01/2007 21:15), how can I just enter the numbers
010120072115 and have EXCEL put the separtors in for me, can I get my cells
to look like this somehow or am I just hoping for too much _ _ / _ _ / _ _
_ _ / _ _ : _ _

ctrl and semi colon(;) wil give you the date
ctrl and shift then press semi colon,will give you the time.insert the date
and time in one cell with no space or a space or any other character in
between

-
paul

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"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Excel has no "input mask" type of function/format that will enter dates in this
manner.

Using event code it is possible.

See Chip Pearson's site for details and code.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

Otherwise you would need a helper cell with a formula to parse the date and
time.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:29:00 -0800, tankerman
wrote:

Is there any way of entering the date and time without having to put the
separtors in (01/01/2007 21:15), how can I just enter the numbers
010120072115 and have EXCEL put the separtors in for me, can I get my cells
to look like this somehow or am I just hoping for too much _ _ / _ _ / _ _
_ _ / _ _ : _ _

At CPEARSON.COM I was able to get the format I am looking for but the formats
are for individual cells and I just can not seem to figure out how to get
them in the same cell because I am having to subtract the "TIME and DATE" of
one cell from the "TIME and DATE" of another. I can get it to work perfectly
if I put in the separators and space myself.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Excel has no "input mask" type of function/format that will enter dates in this
manner.

Using event code it is possible.

See Chip Pearson's site for details and code.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

Otherwise you would need a helper cell with a formula to parse the date and
time.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:29:00 -0800, tankerman
wrote:

Is there any way of entering the date and time without having to put the
separtors in (01/01/2007 21:15), how can I just enter the numbers
010120072115 and have EXCEL put the separtors in for me, can I get my cells
to look like this somehow or am I just hoping for too much _ _ / _ _ / _ _
_ _ / _ _ : _ _

You could try
=DATE(MID(A1,LEN(A1)-7,4),MID(A1,LEN(A1)-9,2),LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-10))+TIME(MID(A1,LEN(A1)-3,2),MID(A1,LEN(A1)-1,2),0)
and format as dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm
--
David Biddulph

"tankerman" wrote in message
...
At CPEARSON.COM I was able to get the format I am looking for but the
formats
are for individual cells and I just can not seem to figure out how to get
them in the same cell because I am having to subtract the "TIME and DATE"
of
one cell from the "TIME and DATE" of another. I can get it to work
perfectly
if I put in the separators and space myself.

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Excel has no "input mask" type of function/format that will enter dates
in this
manner.

Using event code it is possible.

See Chip Pearson's site for details and code.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

Otherwise you would need a helper cell with a formula to parse the date
and
time.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 20:29:00 -0800, tankerman
wrote:

Is there any way of entering the date and time without having to put the
separtors in (01/01/2007 21:15), how can I just enter the numbers
010120072115 and have EXCEL put the separtors in for me, can I get my
cells
to look like this somehow or am I just hoping for too much _ _ / _ _ /
_ _
_ _ / _ _ : _ _