Hello!

I have a worksheet containing two datasets. Each set of data has associated
dates--but they are entered as different numbers. One set has the date in
format ymmdd as a number, i.e. 10501 represents May 1, 2001 (the year is one
digit in the source data). The other set has the date entered as a date,
i.e. 5/1/2001. I have the columns set up so that they display the same
numbers, but the original data within the columns is formatted differently.

I have to look at the data to make sure that the values in the two columns
match. However, it's a huge dataset, so doing this manually is going to take
a long time. I wanted to insert a logical argument
[=IF(value1=value2,true,false] in a separate column to save time, but since
the source data are in different formats, I get a FALSE every time.

Any ideas on how I convert these beasts into identical formats so that I can
use the logical argument strategy? The displayed numbers must not be changed
to the odd Excel date-counting format, unfortunately--if that were the case
it wouldn't be so difficult.

Thanks for any suggestions,

lisa