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Date Formatting Won't Change
I have an excel column that includes dates currently formatted as MM/DD/YYYY. I want it formatted as YYYY/MM/DD. When I go to format cells and change the date format, nothing changes. If I try to cha...
- Finally figured this out.
Change the date format of your computer from the taskbar.
Regardless of timezone and all, go to your task bar> click the time/date > region >then look for additional date, time & regional settings > change date, time and number formats> additional settings> then go to the date tab and you can manually set the format by using the MMM dd yyyy or whichever format you want it in. Restart your computer and it should work on excel.
Wew
A similar thing happening here too
I'm on a pivot table with a separate sheet for the data. The date formats are all correct, field is unlocked, laptop's geeral settings are all right, the date column on the raw data sheet is all right and set to dd/mm/yyy, yet when it reflects onto the pivot table sheet it show up as "May" for example. Why is that? It's driving me crazy.
Would appreciate the help.