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Jipin_daiki
Sep 06, 2021Copper Contributor
Excel Date format problem
Hi,
I tried everything but seem to be stuck here with this issue though I believe I might be missing a simple solution.
I have two dates:
03/09/2021
02/09/2021
Excel is taking it as m/d/yyyy
So getting values as 9th of March 2021 and 9th of February, 2021
However what I want is excel to treat it as 2nd of September, 2021 and 3rd of September, 2021
I tried changing the format to d/m/yyyy but then the problem is the month and date in values gets changed as well..
So instead of remaining as 03/09/2021 it gets changed to 09/03/2021. So still getting 9th of March.
What is the fix for this? I need excel to treat 9 here as the month.
I tried everything but seem to be stuck here with this issue though I believe I might be missing a simple solution.
I have two dates:
03/09/2021
02/09/2021
Excel is taking it as m/d/yyyy
So getting values as 9th of March 2021 and 9th of February, 2021
However what I want is excel to treat it as 2nd of September, 2021 and 3rd of September, 2021
I tried changing the format to d/m/yyyy but then the problem is the month and date in values gets changed as well..
So instead of remaining as 03/09/2021 it gets changed to 09/03/2021. So still getting 9th of March.
What is the fix for this? I need excel to treat 9 here as the month.
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- FulvioMeCopper Contributor
HI Jipin_daiki
I had the same problem when I bought a new Desktop (Mac) and the new Office 2021.
I had to change language and region to Canada English (which has dd.mm.yy as standard) not just on Excel but also on my MAC OS configurations.
Don't know if you are using Microsoft but on the new Monterey just go to System Preferences - Language & Region - Advanced and them change it the way you prefer.
Hope that helps you.
- OEExmentionsCopper Contributor
Hi,
The date format might be linked to your language preference in Excel. Check the language preference in Options>Language. If the language installed is English (United States), the date format will be American (mm/dd/yyyy). If English (United Kingdom) has been installed, the date format will be English (dd/mm/yyyy). You could install your preferred language. I hope this helps. - mathetesSilver Contributor
What are the sources of the dates?
Behind the formatted display is a number and no matter how you format it, if the number stays the same, then March and February are going to be the months.
Excel deals with dates as serial numbers, beginning with date #1 being January 1, 1900. So you need to get to the unformatted date--or at least to recognize its presence--in order to get Excel to be dealing with the dates you have in mind. Just changing the format isn't dealing with the underlying reality that Excel sees.
Here's a screen capture showing, in column B, the serial numbers behind the dates in column A