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Will_Excel
Jan 14, 2021Copper Contributor
Excel 365 online, Formatted as dates, but displayed as numbers?
My group has been using a shared excel work book for over a year and around the start on 2021 a new "bug?" has developed. Our sheet has several columns that are formatted as dates. When we ope...
- Aug 25, 2021
On desktop you shall apply Date format to the cells.
On Excel for web to change regional settings in File->Settings
Will_Excel
Sep 03, 2021Copper Contributor
Thank you!
I was not aware that 365 had it's own "Languiage and Region" settinges. While (for me) this issue had resolved it's self by March 2021, I now have entered my prefered "Regional format" for the dates and times.
I was not aware that 365 had it's own "Languiage and Region" settinges. While (for me) this issue had resolved it's self by March 2021, I now have entered my prefered "Regional format" for the dates and times.
SergeiBaklan
Sep 03, 2021Diamond Contributor
Excel for web keeps its regional setting on SharePoint/OneDrive where files are kept. Thus you have the same if you open it in any browser from any device.
Desktop version takes your PC/laptop setting, that's the only device such Excel knows about.