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    Date format control/Validation

    Hello.

    I have a range where several users should add dates when projects are supposed to be finished.
    Unfortunately they tend to use different date formats.

    I would like to force them to use YYYY-MM-DD format.

    Is that possible?
    I guess it is validation but I don't know how.

    /Anders

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    Re: Date format control/Validation

    With Data Validation you can force to enter a valid date between two dates.

    Next is to format the cell to a Date you like e.g. dd/mm/yyyy
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    Re: Date format control/Validation

    Thanks.
    Thought this could be easy to implement.

    /Anders

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    Re: Date format control/Validation

    ... but it is very easy. See attachement. Try dates outside 2009
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