Thread: I enter date 082305 xl changes it to 5/4/25

I set the date format for the cell as: 8/23/05. When I enter date 82305, I
get 5/4/25. I've checked everything I can think of but I haven't a clue as to
what is causing this. Thanks for all help,

"Monalisa18" wrote:

> I set the date format for the cell as: 8/23/05. When I enter date 82305, I
> get 5/4/25. I've checked everything I can think of but I haven't a clue as to
> what is causing this. Thanks for all help,

Monalisa
You will have to enter the slashes to get the correct date. Excel calculates
date from the 1/1/1901 and this is given the reference 1. Type 8/23/05 and
then format the date as a number - it gives you 38587.

So Excel is giving you the date for 4th May 2125

Regards
Peter