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Date format....
When I format a column with mm/dd/yy, and then type the number 070706 in the first cell, it sees the number as the number of days that has passed since January 1, 1900, instead of 07/07/06. Is there a way to format the column as a date so that when I do type the 070706 in a cell is displays as the correct date? (07/07/06) Thanks, Shelly -- ShellyD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ShellyD's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36167 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=559476 |
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Shelly
Are you game for some VBA? See Chip Pearson's site. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm Alternative........... Start your date with an apostrophe '070706 When you have entered a great bunch of these use DataText to ColumnsNextNextColumn Data FormatDateDMY or MDY to convert all. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 14:24:05 -0500, ShellyD wrote: When I format a column with mm/dd/yy, and then type the number 070706 in the first cell, it sees the number as the number of days that has passed since January 1, 1900, instead of 07/07/06. Is there a way to format the column as a date so that when I do type the 070706 in a cell is displays as the correct date? (07/07/06) Thanks, Shelly |
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hi Shelly,
excel work with dates as a number, 07/07/2006 for eg is 38,905, and 1 is 01/01/1900. you could use an auxiliar column to transform 070706 in a date with this formula, but 070706 should format as a text: =date(20&right(a2,2),left(a2,2),mid(a2,3,2)) assuming that the 070706 is on a2. hth regards from Brazil Marcelo "ShellyD" escreveu: When I format a column with mm/dd/yy, and then type the number 070706 in the first cell, it sees the number as the number of days that has passed since January 1, 1900, instead of 07/07/06. Is there a way to format the column as a date so that when I do type the 070706 in a cell is displays as the correct date? (07/07/06) Thanks, Shelly -- ShellyD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ShellyD's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=36167 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=559476 |
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