How do I enter a date before 1900 in excel?
 

In Excel I've formated a date column to be, say March 22 1956 after typing
3/22/1956. Is there any to get this to work so I could type in a date befor
1900 (by typing 11/2/1858 and get November 2 1858?)

Hi Woodrat,

See John Walkenbach's Working With Pre-1900 Dates at:


http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip028.htm


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Regards,
Norman



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In Excel I've formated a date column to be, say March 22 1956 after typing
3/22/1956. Is there any to get this to work so I could type in a date
befor
1900 (by typing 11/2/1858 and get November 2 1858?)