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want formula bar date to be dd/mm/yyyy instead of mm/dd/yyyy.How?
I am using Office 2000 for an existing file created in Excel 97. I have a
Date column which has entries in dd/mm/yyyy. In Excel 97 this was displayed in the cell and the formula bar in above format. In Office 2000, I observe that the formula bar now displays the date as mm/dd/yyyy. I then clicked on a cell and changed its format to dd/mm/yyyy by changing the setting to "English(Australia)" instead of "English(US)". This only changed the cell display but not the formula bar (which was still in mm/dd/yyyy format). The problem is that when I input a date, 2 July as 2/7/2007 in the cell, the formula bar shows this as 7/2/2007. I want both the cell display and the formula bar display to be in dd/mm/yyyy format. How can i achieve this? |
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want formula bar date to be dd/mm/yyyy instead of mm/dd/yyyy.How?
Go to the Windows control panel and set the regional default date display.
The date format mask should look like dd/mm/yyyyy. In Windows XP, click the START button, click Date, Tim, Language, and Regional Options, then click the Change the Format of Numbers, Dates, and Times. Click the Regional Options tab in the displayed dialog box and click the Customize command button. Click the Date tab of the next dialog box and change the short date format. Click the OK command button and then click the Apply command button. You'll probably have to save & close your excel file and then reopen to see the change in your workbook. -- Kevin Backmann "magna" wrote: I am using Office 2000 for an existing file created in Excel 97. I have a Date column which has entries in dd/mm/yyyy. In Excel 97 this was displayed in the cell and the formula bar in above format. In Office 2000, I observe that the formula bar now displays the date as mm/dd/yyyy. I then clicked on a cell and changed its format to dd/mm/yyyy by changing the setting to "English(Australia)" instead of "English(US)". This only changed the cell display but not the formula bar (which was still in mm/dd/yyyy format). The problem is that when I input a date, 2 July as 2/7/2007 in the cell, the formula bar shows this as 7/2/2007. I want both the cell display and the formula bar display to be in dd/mm/yyyy format. How can i achieve this? |
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