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excel changes date
When I enter 3/1/10 enter a cell formatted number, date, 3/14/01, it changes
it to 1/3/10. But if I enter 3/19/10 in the same cell it leaves it alone. It is only on one pc, if I open the same file from a different pc the date works fine. Any ideas. Thanks |
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I can not really follow your question but XL inherits it's date entry from
your computers regional settings. Take a look at Start | Control Panel | Regional and Language Settings To get your computers date settings. -- HTH... Jim Thomlinson "sue gray" wrote: When I enter 3/1/10 enter a cell formatted number, date, 3/14/01, it changes it to 1/3/10. But if I enter 3/19/10 in the same cell it leaves it alone. It is only on one pc, if I open the same file from a different pc the date works fine. Any ideas. Thanks |
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You have to help excel by entering the date in the same order as the way you
have windows set--no matter how the cell is formatted. So if your windows setting is in dmy order, you have to put the day/month/year. And since 3/1/10 can be interpreted lots of different ways (March 1, 2010 or January 3, 2010 -- or even more!), excel helps by doing the interpretation that matches that windows setting. And I'm betting that excel sees 3/19/10 as text--not even a date, since there is no 19th month (dmy order!). The way you change that windows setting in windows XP is: Windows start button Control panel|regional and Language Options|Regional options tab Customize button|Date Tab And change that short date format. sue gray wrote: When I enter 3/1/10 enter a cell formatted number, date, 3/14/01, it changes it to 1/3/10. But if I enter 3/19/10 in the same cell it leaves it alone. It is only on one pc, if I open the same file from a different pc the date works fine. Any ideas. Thanks -- Dave Peterson |
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