Date changes to 0-Jan-00 when I leave cell
 

The cell format is set to Number, Date, 14-Mar-01. I enter the date, and
when I press Enter, the date converts to 0-Jan-00. Any thoughts? Thank you.

Date changes to 0-Jan-00 when I leave cell
 

What date did you enter? What does the formula bar show? What value do you
see if you temporarily reformat the cell to General?

You would, of course, see the 0th of January 1900 if your cell contained a
formula such as =12/5/2009, as 12 divided 5 then by 2009 is a number less
than 1, and Excel dates count in whole days from 0th Jan 1900.
--
David Biddulph

"hvannest" wrote in message
...
The cell format is set to Number, Date, 14-Mar-01. I enter the date, and
when I press Enter, the date converts to 0-Jan-00. Any thoughts? Thank
you.

Date changes to 0-Jan-00 when I leave cell
 

A corollary of the second part of my reply below is that if you have Tools/
Options/ Transition set to enable "transition formula entry", then entering
12/5/2009 in the cell would change to =12/5/2009, so I would recommend that
you check, and if necessary disable, that transition option.
--
David Biddulph

"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
What date did you enter? What does the formula bar show? What value do
you see if you temporarily reformat the cell to General?

You would, of course, see the 0th of January 1900 if your cell contained a
formula such as =12/5/2009, as 12 divided 5 then by 2009 is a number less
than 1, and Excel dates count in whole days from 0th Jan 1900.
--
David Biddulph

"hvannest" wrote in message
...
The cell format is set to Number, Date, 14-Mar-01. I enter the date, and
when I press Enter, the date converts to 0-Jan-00. Any thoughts? Thank
you.

Date changes to 0-Jan-00 when I leave cell
 

I entered the date as 5/12/09. As I'm entering it, the formula bar shows
5/12/09. Once I press Enter, when I go back into the cell, the formula bar
shows =5/12/09 which I understand is what you're explaining below. If I
format the cell to General then I get 0.046296296, which also makes sense,
given the "=" in the formula bar.

Why would it be changing it from the date to a formula?

"David Biddulph" wrote:

What date did you enter? What does the formula bar show? What value do you
see if you temporarily reformat the cell to General?

You would, of course, see the 0th of January 1900 if your cell contained a
formula such as =12/5/2009, as 12 divided 5 then by 2009 is a number less
than 1, and Excel dates count in whole days from 0th Jan 1900.
--
David Biddulph

"hvannest" wrote in message
...
The cell format is set to Number, Date, 14-Mar-01. I enter the date, and
when I press Enter, the date converts to 0-Jan-00. Any thoughts? Thank
you.

Date changes to 0-Jan-00 when I leave cell
 

Success - thank you!

"David Biddulph" wrote:

A corollary of the second part of my reply below is that if you have Tools/
Options/ Transition set to enable "transition formula entry", then entering
12/5/2009 in the cell would change to =12/5/2009, so I would recommend that
you check, and if necessary disable, that transition option.
--
David Biddulph

"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
What date did you enter? What does the formula bar show? What value do
you see if you temporarily reformat the cell to General?

You would, of course, see the 0th of January 1900 if your cell contained a
formula such as =12/5/2009, as 12 divided 5 then by 2009 is a number less
than 1, and Excel dates count in whole days from 0th Jan 1900.
--
David Biddulph

"hvannest" wrote in message
...
The cell format is set to Number, Date, 14-Mar-01. I enter the date, and
when I press Enter, the date converts to 0-Jan-00. Any thoughts? Thank
you.

Date changes to 0-Jan-00 when I leave cell
 

Glad to be able to help.
--
David Biddulph

"hvannest" wrote in message
...
Success - thank you!

"David Biddulph" wrote:

A corollary of the second part of my reply below is that if you have
Tools/
Options/ Transition set to enable "transition formula entry", then
entering
12/5/2009 in the cell would change to =12/5/2009, so I would recommend
that
you check, and if necessary disable, that transition option.
--
David Biddulph

"David Biddulph" <groups [at] biddulph.org.uk wrote in message
...
What date did you enter? What does the formula bar show? What value
do
you see if you temporarily reformat the cell to General?

You would, of course, see the 0th of January 1900 if your cell
contained a
formula such as =12/5/2009, as 12 divided 5 then by 2009 is a number
less
than 1, and Excel dates count in whole days from 0th Jan 1900.
--
David Biddulph

"hvannest" wrote in message
...
The cell format is set to Number, Date, 14-Mar-01. I enter the date,
and
when I press Enter, the date converts to 0-Jan-00. Any thoughts?
Thank
you.