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Date format
Hi, I would like to put a date in a cell eg 1st march 2005 as 1/3 however it comes up with 3/1 (the month first) how can I change it. in control panel I have settings english(australian) thanks andrewm -- andrewm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrewm's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=23130 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=384045 |
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you could try a custom format. click cells/format, select custom and enter
d/m/yy (or d/m/yyyy for 4 digit year). "andrewm" wrote: Hi, I would like to put a date in a cell eg 1st march 2005 as 1/3 however it comes up with 3/1 (the month first) how can I change it. in control panel I have settings english(australian) thanks andrewm -- andrewm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrewm's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=23130 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=384045 |
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Did you try the custom format d/m Mangesh -- mangesh_yadav ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mangesh_yadav's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=10470 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=384045 |
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Hi, I tried it. didn't work. I don't want the year. andrewm ?? -- andrewm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrewm's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=23130 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=384045 |
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Hi Andrew, Choose the format as custom - d/m. But while entering the data, enter as a whole date. Mangesh -- mangesh_yadav ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mangesh_yadav's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=10470 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=384045 |
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On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 22:34:34 -0500, andrewm
wrote: Hi, I would like to put a date in a cell eg 1st march 2005 as 1/3 however it comes up with 3/1 (the month first) how can I change it. in control panel I have settings english(australian) thanks andrewm Format/Cells/Custom Type d/m Note that Excel will automatically add the current year; which will appear in the formula bar, but not in the cell with the above custom format. --ron |
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Thanks, it works - had to type in d/m andrewm -- andrewm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ andrewm's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=23130 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=384045 |
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On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 07:18:41 -0500, andrewm
wrote: Thanks, it works - had to type in d/m andrewm You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback. --ron |
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