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Good morning all,
Recently date formatting changed in my sheet.
This: =TEXT(TODAY();"MM/DD/YY")
Results in this: 02/20/YY
Any idea what could be wrong ?
Good morning all,
Recently date formatting changed in my sheet.
This: =TEXT(TODAY();"MM/DD/YY")
Results in this: 02/20/YY
Any idea what could be wrong ?
Could be a locale thing. Try this instead:
=TEXT(TODAY(),"MM/DD/YY")
Or this maybe:
=TEXT(TODAY();"MM/DD/JJ")
or:
=TEXT(TODAY();"MM/DD/AA")
or whatever the initial letter of your word for year is. Your location in your profile is really unhelpful in this respect!
Last edited by AliGW; 02-20-2022 at 05:10 AM.
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Thanks Ali
Already tried that but replacing ; with , result in an error message
It worked ok before. I am not sure when it changed, days / week / months ago.
It is a locale thing - see additions to post above.
Your location details in your profile make this tricky to narrow down! It should be the location you are NOW and reflect the locale of your current machine.
Next time, save us time by telling us what you have already tried.
This, =TEXT(TODAY(),"MM/DD/YY") in UK Regional format, gives me 02/20/22. If I try to enter =TEXT(TODAY();"MM/DD/YY"), I get an error in the formula.
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You machine is set to having what/where as the locale???
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For me, in the UK:
=TEXT(TODAY(),"MM/DD/AA") returns 02/20/AA
=TEXT(TODAY(),"MM/DD/JJ") returns 02/20/JJ
My point, just for clarity, is that I believe the OP to be using a UK locale (using commas instead of semi-colons), but with date settings set to either Danish (AA) or Dutch (JJ).
This is why he's getting this:
20/02/YY
because his settings are looking for either AA or JJ instead of YY.
It's really irrelevent what a normal/classic and untweaked UK set-up would/will return, because that's clearly not what he's got.
Anyway, I suspect the OP has worked it out for themselves and not bothered to tell us - they disappeared an hour ago.
Last edited by AliGW; 02-20-2022 at 06:12 AM.
> Next time, save us time by telling us what you have already tried.
You are nice as always :-(
Last edited by Duncan-; 02-20-2022 at 07:11 AM.
I have no idea Glenn ? How do I find out ? it might have changed and hence the error.Originally Posted by Glenn Kennedy
Please don't take it that way! It just helps if you tell us up front what has already been done to troubleshoot!!!
Has anything here helped you solve the issue? Or did you solve it yourself?
Pleae mark as solved if so. Thanks.
When fiddling for hours I do not keep notes. Sorry.
Not sure why you are pushing so much. Please relax and enjoy the day.
OK - well, I have tried hard to help you here. Have you tried anything I've suggested? What happened when you did?
To try to help you solve the issue!!! If you would prefer me not to care, then I'm very happy to step aside. Just let me know.Not sure why you are pushing so much.
I was just demonstrating the sort of outcome you get if the region/locale does not match the letters you use for the year.It's really irrelevent what a normal/classic and untweaked UK set-up would/will return, because that's clearly not what he's got.
You don't own the thread just because you answered first. And you clearly weren't getting your point across. The OP obviously doesn't know what has changed or why so maybe you should address that.
I don't think I own the thread, Trevor, and I think I did address it: my assumption (that he needs to check and report back on) is that the date settings on his machine have been changed to either Dutch or Danish.
Can't be doing with touchy people. I'm out. Have a lovely Sunday, everyone!
Duncan - I hope you get this resolved.
Turns out I need different formulas on my different systems. This issue was on a system using the US version of excel, but somehow it seems Microsoft uses Dutch settings. Changing YYYY to JJJJ fixed the issue. On my other systems YYYY still works fine.
Thnaks a lot to everybody helping to fix this issue.
Good ol' Microsoft!!
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