Time formats in Excel 2003
Being in the UK, I obviously want to use the English(UK) date format, so
Christmas Day is 25/12/05 rather than 12/25/05. However, this defaults the time format to hh/mm/ss (why, I do not know, since I can assure American readers we're not normally that precise), so I have to reset it English(US) to get hh/mm, which resets the default date format to mm/dd/yy, so I have to change it back the next time I want to format a cell as a date. Any way round this? It's only a minor problem but it's irritating me. Steve |
Stephen,
If you set up your own custom format with hh/mm, it will store it there, for (somewhat) quick retrieval in the Custom box. Another workaround would be to record a macro that formats the selection with your desired date/time format, and activate it with your own toolbar button or keyboard shortcut. -- Earl Kiosterud mvpearl omitthisword at verizon period net ------------------------------------------- "Stephen Glynn" wrote in message ... Being in the UK, I obviously want to use the English(UK) date format, so Christmas Day is 25/12/05 rather than 12/25/05. However, this defaults the time format to hh/mm/ss (why, I do not know, since I can assure American readers we're not normally that precise), so I have to reset it English(US) to get hh/mm, which resets the default date format to mm/dd/yy, so I have to change it back the next time I want to format a cell as a date. Any way round this? It's only a minor problem but it's irritating me. Steve |
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