I would like to know how to format cells so when I enter "090404", 9/04/04 is
displayed in the cell. 09/04/04 would work as well. I only want to have to
type six numbers for the date, and for Excel to recognize and interpret the
date and print it in the above format. Is there a way to do this?

When I try to do this, I go to Format and then to Date and select the format
I want, however, Excel does not recognize "090404" as a date, it accepts it
as some date serial number or something and gives me the wrong date.

Please help.

Mike

Only by using macro

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

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom



"Mike" wrote:

I would like to know how to format cells so when I enter "090404", 9/04/04 is
displayed in the cell. 09/04/04 would work as well. I only want to have to
type six numbers for the date, and for Excel to recognize and interpret the
date and print it in the above format. Is there a way to do this?

When I try to do this, I go to Format and then to Date and select the format
I want, however, Excel does not recognize "090404" as a date, it accepts it
as some date serial number or something and gives me the wrong date.

Please help.

Mike

The format of the cell doesn't affect how the parser interprets your
entry (except if format is set to Text). You'll need to use an event
macro.

See

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



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"Mike" wrote:

I would like to know how to format cells so when I enter "090404", 9/04/04 is
displayed in the cell. 09/04/04 would work as well. I only want to have to
type six numbers for the date, and for Excel to recognize and interpret the
date and print it in the above format. Is there a way to do this?

When I try to do this, I go to Format and then to Date and select the format
I want, however, Excel does not recognize "090404" as a date, it accepts it
as some date serial number or something and gives me the wrong date.

Please help.

Mike

Hi
use the following addin:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.QDEDownload.html

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

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I would like to know how to format cells so when I enter "090404",
9/04/04 is
displayed in the cell. 09/04/04 would work as well. I only want to
have to
type six numbers for the date, and for Excel to recognize and
interpret the
date and print it in the above format. Is there a way to do this?

When I try to do this, I go to Format and then to Date and select the
format
I want, however, Excel does not recognize "090404" as a date, it
accepts it
as some date serial number or something and gives me the wrong date.

Please help.

Mike