Date Format
 

How can I enter a date (mmddyyyy) without having to enter the dashes?
Different numbers come up when I try to type the date without dashes or
slashes? Please Help!
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Thank You,
Shimmy

Date Format
 

See

http://cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

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Shimmy wrote:

How can I enter a date (mmddyyyy) without having to enter the dashes?
Different numbers come up when I try to type the date without dashes or
slashes? Please Help!

Date Format
 

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datetime.htm

nothing built in since there is no way excel could guess that 12142006 is a
date as opposed to the number 12,142,006.00 But the above link will give you
a solution


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Peo Sjoblom

http://nwexcelsolutions.com


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How can I enter a date (mmddyyyy) without having to enter the dashes?
Different numbers come up when I try to type the date without dashes or
slashes? Please Help!
--
Thank You,
Shimmy