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How do I keep a date in the format Sep 08 (for september 2008)? Excel keeps
changing it to 01/09/2008.
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Format to mmm yy

Or enter as text 'Sep 08

Note the apostrophe.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:37:00 -0800, ec17
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How do I keep a date in the format Sep 08 (for september 2008)? Excel keeps
changing it to 01/09/2008.


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