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Default How do I stop Excel from converting a numerical entry to a date?

I'm creating a spreadsheet in which one column contains SKU (stock keeping
unit) numbers. Excel sometimes sees these values as dates and automatically
converts them in my spreadsheet. For example, Excel sees 10-1999 as Oct-99.
 
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