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Old May 27th, 2010, 10:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Tommy
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Default Date Formatting

I receive data everyday with the dates in the following format - 1/12/2025
(dd/mm/year), however I'm trying to format it to the following format-
01-Dec-25.

The option is available under formatting, but the majority of the dates in
the column I select don't format properly. I can't figure why this happens...

Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how to format so the entire column
formats?
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Old May 28th, 2010, 03:10 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
Fred Smith[_4_]
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Default Date Formatting

Your dates look like dates, but they are text to Excel. You need to convert
them to dates. Text-to-columns is one simple way.

Regards,
Fred

"Tommy" wrote in message
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I receive data everyday with the dates in the following format - 1/12/2025
(dd/mm/year), however I'm trying to format it to the following format-
01-Dec-25.

The option is available under formatting, but the majority of the dates in
the column I select don't format properly. I can't figure why this
happens...

Can anyone offer a suggestion as to how to format so the entire column
formats?


 




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