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David_Sword
Feb 05, 2021Copper Contributor
Excel does not convert numbers to date
Hello, Using Excel with Office365 newly installed I notice that numbers are no more converted automatically to dates. Also when I change the cell format to a specific date, it never changes autom...
- Feb 05, 2021
Your default date format is dd/mm/yyyy.
If you enter 1/2/2021 it shall be recognized as date (01 Feb 2021). If you enter 1.2.2021 it doesn't match your date format and Excel takes it as text ( like aas,djas, Excel also doesn't recognize it).
SergeiBaklan
Feb 05, 2021Diamond Contributor
Your default date format is dd/mm/yyyy.
If you enter 1/2/2021 it shall be recognized as date (01 Feb 2021). If you enter 1.2.2021 it doesn't match your date format and Excel takes it as text ( like aas,djas, Excel also doesn't recognize it).
David_Sword
Feb 07, 2021Copper Contributor
SergeiBaklan thanks for your help, I have switched the OS date format for French (Switzerland) and it is now capable of recognizing even 1.2 as February 1st successfully
- SergeiBaklanFeb 07, 2021Diamond Contributor
David_Sword Great to know you sorted this out, thank you for the update