Jul 01 2021 07:32 AM
I have my cell format set to Date 14/03/12. However, when I enter a date, Excel entirely changes it. For example, if I enter 010121 (for 1 January 2021) it comes up as 16/09/27. Do I have to enter / between the day, month and year for every entry? That's very tedious ... What am I doing wrong??
Jul 01 2021 07:51 AM
SolutionJul 01 2021 07:55 AM - edited Jul 01 2021 07:56 AM
An additional note:
As @mtarler mentioned, Excel stores dates as numbers starting with 1 being 1/1/1900. So, 10121 is the 10121st day since 1/1/1900 (a.k.a. 9/16/1927)
Jul 01 2021 08:00 AM - edited Jul 01 2021 08:04 AM
@LIz_CC Excel sees your entry as number 10121. Formatted as a date it will become the 10121th day counted from January 1, 1900. Hence, 16 September 2027. If, for example, your Excel recognises English dates you can just enter 10jan in a cell that is formatted as dd/mm/yyyy and it will show as 10/01/2021.
Edit: The system seems to be slow today. Didn't see any of the above until after I posted my response.
Dec 01 2021 07:21 PM
Jul 01 2021 07:51 AM
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