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Date Format Squirrelly
This must be simple, but it's driving me crazy. I have a date in one
spreadsheet -- 07/21/05 for example. When I copy the cell and paste it into a second spreadsheet it shows as 07/20/01. Hmmm... Ok, I played around with pasting it various ways (e.g. value only, format only, etc.) and by manually telling the second sheet to format it this way and that, but I still get two different dates. So then I go in and tell both spreadsheets to format the date as a number. They both display the same number 37092. So then I go back and tell both spreadsheets to reformat the cell as mm/dd/yy and once again they display the two different dates. Hmm... So then I type the date 7/21/05 into the second sheet and it displays properly. When I ask it to format as a number though it shows 38554 *not* 37092. So then I go type the same date into the first spreadsheet. It displays properly and when I ask to see it formatted as a number it shows 37092. What's going on? How can these two spreadsheets, open in Excel at the same time side-by-side be interpreting the same number as two different dates? I'm confused ... *really* confused. Bill |
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Have you got that spreadsheet set to the 1904 date system,
ToolsOptionsCalculation , and there is a 1904 date system box, uncheck it. -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "Bill Martin -- (Remove NOSPAM from address)" wrote in message ... This must be simple, but it's driving me crazy. I have a date in one spreadsheet -- 07/21/05 for example. When I copy the cell and paste it into a second spreadsheet it shows as 07/20/01. Hmmm... Ok, I played around with pasting it various ways (e.g. value only, format only, etc.) and by manually telling the second sheet to format it this way and that, but I still get two different dates. So then I go in and tell both spreadsheets to format the date as a number. They both display the same number 37092. So then I go back and tell both spreadsheets to reformat the cell as mm/dd/yy and once again they display the two different dates. Hmm... So then I type the date 7/21/05 into the second sheet and it displays properly. When I ask it to format as a number though it shows 38554 *not* 37092. So then I go type the same date into the first spreadsheet. It displays properly and when I ask to see it formatted as a number it shows 37092. What's going on? How can these two spreadsheets, open in Excel at the same time side-by-side be interpreting the same number as two different dates? I'm confused ... *really* confused. Bill |
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Bob Phillips wrote:
Have you got that spreadsheet set to the 1904 date system, ToolsOptionsCalculation , and there is a 1904 date system box, uncheck it. You're absolutely right Bob! The one with 1904 checked came from someone else. I didn't realize that the Options settings could be different for two different spreadsheets which are both open at once. Thanks! Bill |
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Nor did I Bill, until I tried it. I never use the 1904 system. The 4 years
gave it away though. Bob "Bill Martin -- (Remove NOSPAM from address)" wrote in message ... Bob Phillips wrote: Have you got that spreadsheet set to the 1904 date system, ToolsOptionsCalculation , and there is a 1904 date system box, uncheck it. You're absolutely right Bob! The one with 1904 checked came from someone else. I didn't realize that the Options settings could be different for two different spreadsheets which are both open at once. Thanks! Bill |
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