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Formatting dates
I've set up a simple spreadsheet on my PC for someone else to use on their
laptop. Although I've Custom formatted an entire column for dates as "mmm-yy" and it all works fine on my PC, when he tries to enter data e.g. "Mar-03", Excel automatically puts it as "Mar-05", and I can't figure out why. There must be a simple answer! Rove |
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What is Mar-03? March 3rd 2005 or March 2003? Excel thinks it is March 3rd
2005 and no formatting can change that, if he formats as mm/dd/yy he will notice that the date is 03/03/05. If he wants 2003 he needs to enter that or excel will assume March 3 current year based on the computer clock -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "rovetrader" wrote in message ... I've set up a simple spreadsheet on my PC for someone else to use on their laptop. Although I've Custom formatted an entire column for dates as "mmm-yy" and it all works fine on my PC, when he tries to enter data e.g. "Mar-03", Excel automatically puts it as "Mar-05", and I can't figure out why. There must be a simple answer! Rove |
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