date/serial numbers-help please

Posted by donna on January 03, 2001 10:02 AM

Hello,

I have been trying to enter a date; however, excel keeps entering it as the serial number. I have been searching for quite some time on how to enter an invoice date - with no luck.

Does excel always recognize a date as a serial number.

I went under format, customize (I wanted to use the format: dd,mm,yyy). For example, I only want to enter 010301. Then I want excel to format it to: 01/03/2001. Do I have to enter the slashes?

ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You.

ibdonna@hazleton.net

Posted by Dave on January 04, 2001 12:18 AM

Hi donna

In short Yes! the date seperators that you could use can are within your PC's Regional Settings.

Start>Settings>Control Panel>Regional Settings/Dates
OzGrid Business Applications

Posted by Aladin Akyurek on January 05, 2001 2:00 AM

If you enter lots of such dates in a particular column and would like enter them in the format of your example (010301), then you can use formulas that convert them the way Excel wants them.

Aladin