Date format default problem

[Hood]

If I type a serial 02/2668 into Excel it gets confused and thinks it is
February in the year 2668. This then confuses me. Is there a way of
straightening the matter.

[Ron Coderre]

I think you could either:

Edit>Format
\Category: TEXT
So anything you type in the cell will be treated as text.

OR

Type an apostrophe before the number, forcing Excel to treat the input as
text.
Example:
A1: '02/2668

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron


"Hood" wrote:

> If I type a serial 02/2668 into Excel it gets confused and thinks it is
> February in the year 2668. This then confuses me. Is there a way of
> straightening the matter.

[Dave Peterson]

preformat the cell as text (format|Cells|number tab|Text)

or prefix your entry with an apostrophe:

'02/2668



Hood wrote:
>
> If I type a serial 02/2668 into Excel it gets confused and thinks it is
> February in the year 2668. This then confuses me. Is there a way of
> straightening the matter.

--

Dave Peterson

[Ron Rosenfeld]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:26:06 -0800, "Hood" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>If I type a serial 02/2668 into Excel it gets confused and thinks it is
>February in the year 2668. This then confuses me. Is there a way of
>straightening the matter.

It depends on what you what to do.

If you want to enter it as a string, then pre-format the cell as text; or
precede your entry with an apostrophe (single quote) or a <space>.

If you want to enter it as a fraction, then enter it as 0 2/2668


--ron

[Ron Coderre]

Correction of my previous post.

That should be:
Edit>Format>Number
\Category: TEXT


Does that help?

***********
Regards,
Ron


"Ron Coderre" wrote:

> I think you could either:
>
> Edit>Format
> \Category: TEXT
> So anything you type in the cell will be treated as text.
>
> OR
>
> Type an apostrophe before the number, forcing Excel to treat the input as
> text.
> Example:
> A1: '02/2668
>
> Does that help?
>
> ***********
> Regards,
> Ron
>
>
> "Hood" wrote:
>
> > If I type a serial 02/2668 into Excel it gets confused and thinks it is
> > February in the year 2668. This then confuses me. Is there a way of
> > straightening the matter.

[Ron Coderre]

Wow....I think I might have forgotten everything I knew about Excel!

Edit>FORMAT????.....NO!

Format>Cells>Number....Yes. (sheesh!)


***********
Regards,
Ron


"Ron Coderre" wrote:

> Correction of my previous post.
>
> That should be:
> Edit>Format>Number
> \Category: TEXT
>
>
> Does that help?
>
> ***********
> Regards,
> Ron
>
>
> "Ron Coderre" wrote:
>
> > I think you could either:
> >
> > Edit>Format
> > \Category: TEXT
> > So anything you type in the cell will be treated as text.
> >
> > OR
> >
> > Type an apostrophe before the number, forcing Excel to treat the input as
> > text.
> > Example:
> > A1: '02/2668
> >
> > Does that help?
> >
> > ***********
> > Regards,
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > "Hood" wrote:
> >
> > > If I type a serial 02/2668 into Excel it gets confused and thinks it is
> > > February in the year 2668. This then confuses me. Is there a way of
> > > straightening the matter.