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Frustrated_rich99

Date enters wrong #'s
 
Hi,
I'm trying to format a cell to enter the date i.e. 6/12/06 dd/mm/yy
but when I format it custom dd/mm/yy it shows up as 11/03/40?

-Rich


Rookie 1st class

Date enters wrong #'s
 
Is the cell already populated? I'm thinking yes. The current entry is not a
date, Try retyping after format. There is a date format like you want, no
need to custom format.
Lou

"Frustrated_rich99" wrote:

Hi,
I'm trying to format a cell to enter the date i.e. 6/12/06 dd/mm/yy
but when I format it custom dd/mm/yy it shows up as 11/03/40?

-Rich


Max

Date enters wrong #'s
 
Another thought .. regardless of the final date formatting desired for
display purposes, to avoid any ambiguity with dates entry, I'd always type in
the full date, eg keying it in as: 1-dec-2006, 30-oct-2005, etc.
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Max
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"Frustrated_rich99" wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to format a cell to enter the date i.e. 6/12/06 dd/mm/yy
but when I format it custom dd/mm/yy it shows up as 11/03/40?

-Rich



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