Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default January 08 is abbrecviated to 8-Jan. Help!

I am typing in January 08 in Excel in A1. When I get ready to go to the next
one it is changed to 8-Jan. I do not want 8-Jan. How do I change this?
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 284
Default January 08 is abbrecviated to 8-Jan. Help!

djb877

FormatCellsNumbers TabSelect "DATE" and choose what you like from the
options.

"djb877" wrote:

I am typing in January 08 in Excel in A1. When I get ready to go to the next
one it is changed to 8-Jan. I do not want 8-Jan. How do I change this?

  #3   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 6,582
Default January 08 is abbrecviated to 8-Jan. Help!

Type 1/1/08. If you enter a date with only two parameters, Excel assumes
you've entered month and day, and uses the current year, hence January 08
becomes January 8, 2008.

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


"djb877" wrote in message
...
I am typing in January 08 in Excel in A1. When I get ready to go to the
next
one it is changed to 8-Jan. I do not want 8-Jan. How do I change this?



Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
returning value if month is January jermsalerms Excel Worksheet Functions 6 August 18th 06 07:47 PM
Return day of week for 1 January dalymjl Excel Worksheet Functions 4 January 23rd 06 09:25 PM
Return the day of week for 1 January dalymjl About this forum 0 January 20th 06 08:17 PM
January 2006 Howard Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 12 January 4th 06 04:18 AM
error with smproduct for January Tim Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 4 December 15th 04 01:36 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:29 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"