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Default Excel Date Formats

Select your data range then go to menu
Data Text to Columns Next Next under Column data format select Date
DMY Finish

Custom Format
dd.mm.yy

It will convert all text dates to real Excel dates



"Gary" wrote:

Help please. We've entered thousands of entries with the date format dd.mm.yy
- i.e. 15.02.07 Excel doesn't recognise this format (the nearest would
appear to be 15.2.07) and therefore won't allow us to customise a date range.
We've tried changing one of the date formulas to match the above but still
can't get it to work. Any idea? Please remember......not an IT expert so as
simple as possible please. Thanks
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Gary

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