I have bee using excel 2003 to produce a line chart from two columns of
data--'date' and 'value'. When I move the cursor to a point on the line the
'date' and 'value' from the two columns is shown--i.e '8/20' and '1500' .Now
the date value point is a five digit number which -I think-is equivalent to
that date.
How can I regain the m/d to appear?

Are you now using Excel 2007? You didn't explain what you that caue the date
to change to the number.

Microsoft stores that date as an interger represent number of days since Jan
1, 1900. Excel display the number as a date or number depending on the
format of the cells. Hours are represented as a fraction of the day where 8
hours = 8/24hr = 0.33333

"FranLew" wrote:

I have bee using excel 2003 to produce a line chart from two columns of
data--'date' and 'value'. When I move the cursor to a point on the line the
'date' and 'value' from the two columns is shown--i.e '8/20' and '1500' .Now
the date value point is a five digit number which -I think-is equivalent to
that date.
How can I regain the m/d to appear?

"FranLew" reply

I am and have been using Excel 2003 -I don't believe that I made a change to
cause this.
Any sugestions to correct this??

"Joel" wrote:

Are you now using Excel 2007? You didn't explain what you that caue the date
to change to the number.

Microsoft stores that date as an interger represent number of days since Jan
1, 1900. Excel display the number as a date or number depending on the
format of the cells. Hours are represented as a fraction of the day where 8
hours = 8/24hr = 0.33333

"FranLew" wrote:

I have bee using excel 2003 to produce a line chart from two columns of
data--'date' and 'value'. When I move the cursor to a point on the line the
'date' and 'value' from the two columns is shown--i.e '8/20' and '1500' .Now
the date value point is a five digit number which -I think-is equivalent to
that date.
How can I regain the m/d to appear?

Is the data in the same workbook as the chart? Is the worksheet data
manually formatted as a date? The axis labels?

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"FranLew" wrote in message
...
"FranLew" reply

I am and have been using Excel 2003 -I don't believe that I made a change
to
cause this.
Any sugestions to correct this??

"Joel" wrote:

Are you now using Excel 2007? You didn't explain what you that caue the
date
to change to the number.

Microsoft stores that date as an interger represent number of days since
Jan
1, 1900. Excel display the number as a date or number depending on the
format of the cells. Hours are represented as a fraction of the day
where 8
hours = 8/24hr = 0.33333

"FranLew" wrote:

I have bee using excel 2003 to produce a line chart from two columns of
data--'date' and 'value'. When I move the cursor to a point on the line
the
'date' and 'value' from the two columns is shown--i.e '8/20' and '1500'
.Now
the date value point is a five digit number which -I think-is
equivalent to
that date.
How can I regain the m/d to appear?

FranLew--

Yes--the same workbook and the worksheet data is manually formatted as a date.
The axis labels are 'Date' -and 'Value' the same as the columns.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Is the data in the same workbook as the chart? Is the worksheet data
manually formatted as a date? The axis labels?

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"FranLew" wrote in message
...
"FranLew" reply

I am and have been using Excel 2003 -I don't believe that I made a change
to
cause this.
Any sugestions to correct this??

"Joel" wrote:

Are you now using Excel 2007? You didn't explain what you that caue the
date
to change to the number.

Microsoft stores that date as an interger represent number of days since
Jan
1, 1900. Excel display the number as a date or number depending on the
format of the cells. Hours are represented as a fraction of the day
where 8
hours = 8/24hr = 0.33333

"FranLew" wrote:

I have bee using excel 2003 to produce a line chart from two columns of
data--'date' and 'value'. When I move the cursor to a point on the line
the
'date' and 'value' from the two columns is shown--i.e '8/20' and '1500'
.Now
the date value point is a five digit number which -I think-is
equivalent to
that date.
How can I regain the m/d to appear?

Double click on the date axis, and on the number tab, select a date format.
Uncheck the box that says something like 'format like source'.

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"FranLew" wrote in message
...
FranLew--

Yes--the same workbook and the worksheet data is manually formatted as a
date.
The axis labels are 'Date' -and 'Value' the same as the columns.

"Jon Peltier" wrote:

Is the data in the same workbook as the chart? Is the worksheet data
manually formatted as a date? The axis labels?

- Jon
-------
Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
_______


"FranLew" wrote in message
...
"FranLew" reply

I am and have been using Excel 2003 -I don't believe that I made a
change
to
cause this.
Any sugestions to correct this??

"Joel" wrote:

Are you now using Excel 2007? You didn't explain what you that caue
the
date
to change to the number.

Microsoft stores that date as an interger represent number of days
since
Jan
1, 1900. Excel display the number as a date or number depending on
the
format of the cells. Hours are represented as a fraction of the day
where 8
hours = 8/24hr = 0.33333

"FranLew" wrote:

I have bee using excel 2003 to produce a line chart from two columns
of
data--'date' and 'value'. When I move the cursor to a point on the
line
the
'date' and 'value' from the two columns is shown--i.e '8/20' and
'1500'
.Now
the date value point is a five digit number which -I think-is
equivalent to
that date.
How can I regain the m/d to appear?