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Setting the date format
All,
I have changed the date formatting of some cells through dd-mmm-yyyy, which results in dates like 18-nov-2008, which is exactly what I am trying to achieve. However, the value of the cell is 11/18/2008, but I want to fill in 18/11/2008. Obviously, this should result in 18-nov-2008 Could someone tell me how to solve this? Thanks in advance, |
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You have to enter your dates in accordance with the regional settings
defined in windows. The format you defined is the one displayed, not the one you enter. Regards. Daniel All, I have changed the date formatting of some cells through dd-mmm-yyyy, which results in dates like 18-nov-2008, which is exactly what I am trying to achieve. However, the value of the cell is 11/18/2008, but I want to fill in 18/11/2008. Obviously, this should result in 18-nov-2008 Could someone tell me how to solve this? Thanks in advance, |
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Hi Boris,
If you really want to change what you requested. Please go through the following steps. This may be somewhat hard depending on your ease of use with windows. go to control panel select "regional and language options" it may be "regional settings" in some systems. open it by double clicking it. in the regional optins tab, click customise button. now in customize regional options got to "date" tab. now in short date format select the setting you like from the drop down. or you can write yourself too, i think it would be dd/mm/yyyy in your context. -- Kind Regards, Satti Charvak Only an Excel Enthusiast Noida, India "Boris" wrote: All, I have changed the date formatting of some cells through dd-mmm-yyyy, which results in dates like 18-nov-2008, which is exactly what I am trying to achieve. However, the value of the cell is 11/18/2008, but I want to fill in 18/11/2008. Obviously, this should result in 18-nov-2008 Could someone tell me how to solve this? Thanks in advance, |
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Select your range Go to Data Text to Columns - Select Delimited -Next -in the Data format change select Date and change the Date format to DMY or MDY depending on your regional settings ( try both to make sure) - Finish - voilą -- Pecoflyer Cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pecoflyer's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=14 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=30871 |
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