=max returning wrong number

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I can't get =Max( ...to return the highest number it only returns 2011. If i delete 2011, it returns 2010.
I can't see what's wrong
problem sheet.xlsx
ABC
1=max(b4:b200) returns
2 2011 when the highest
3 number is 2014
44/08/212000
54/08/21abc
64/09/21abc
74/09/212001
84/15/21abc
94/17/21abc
104/22/21abc
114/23/21abc
124/23/21abc
134/26/21abc
144/26/21abc
154/26/21abc
164/26/21abc
174/28/212002
184/29/212003
194/30/21abc
204/30/21abc
215/02/21abc
225/03/21abc
235/04/21abc
245/05/21abc
255/05/21abc
265/07/21abc
275/07/21abc
285/07/21abc
295/08/21abc
305/10/21abc
315/13/21abc
325/13/21abc
335/13/21abc
345/14/21abc
355/14/21abc
365/17/21abc
375/17/21abc
385/20/21abc
395/24/21abc
405/26/21abc
415/26/21abc
425/26/21abc
435/28/21abc
445/28/21abc
455/29/21abc
465/31/21abc
475/31/21abc
486/01/21abc
496/01/212007
506/01/21abc
516/01/21abc
526/01/211204
536/01/211205
546/03/211206
556/03/21abc
566/03/21abc
576/03/21abc
586/03/21abc
596/04/21abc
606/04/21abc
616/04/21abc
626/04/21abc
636/04/21abc
646/05/21abc
656/06/21abc
666/06/21abc
676/08/21abc
686/09/21abc
696/11/21abc
706/11/21abc
716/11/212008
726/13/21abc
736/13/21abc
746/16/21abc
756/18/212009
766/18/21abc
776/18/21abc
786/19/21abc
796/22/21abc
806/23/21abc
816/23/212010
826/25/21abc
836/28/21abc
846/28/21abc
856/30/21abc
866/30/21abc
877/01/21abc
887/01/212011
897/02/21abc
907/05/21abc
917/07/21abc
927/07/21abc
937/08/21abc
947/08/21abc
957/09/21abc
967/12/21abc
977/12/21abc
987/14/21abc
997/25/21abc
1007/25/21abc
1017/26/21abc
1027/26/21abc
1037/27/21abc
1047/27/21abc
1057/28/21abc
1067/28/211212
1077/28/21abc
1087/29/21abc
1098/04/21abc
1108/04/21abc
1118/04/21abc
1128/05/21abc
1138/06/21abc
1148/09/21abc
1158/10/21abc
1168/10/21abc
1178/10/211213
1188/11/21abc
1198/12/21abc
1208/13/21abc
1218/13/21abc
1228/20/21abc
1238/27/21abc
1248/28/21abc
1258/30/21abc
1268/30/21abc
1278/30/21abc
1289/13/21abc
1299/15/21abc
1309/22/21abc
1319/29/21abc
1329/29/21abc
1339/01/21abc
1349/02/21abc
1359/02/211214
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I am not seeing "2014" anywhere in the data you have posted, so it seems to be working properly to me (at least based on the data that you have posted).
 
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I can't see 2014 there anywhere. 2011 is the max.
 
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I don't see 2014 in this dataset
 
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opps all the 20... are from the wrong account.
I've been looking at it all day.thanks for seeing it so quick
i think i'll take the rest of the week off and reboot my brain


mike
 
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