How do I turn off automatic date function in XL? in Excel Worksheet Functions  
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bob condon 7/13/2005 10:18 AM PST
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  I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.
 
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Duke Carey  7/13/2005 11:06 AM PST
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  Should be a simple matter of changing the cells' format from Date to Number

Select the cell(s) giving you trouble, press Ctrl-1 or use the menu to
select Format|Cells, then select the Number tab and change the format to
Number or General



"bob condon" wrote:

> I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
> one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
> frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
> it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
> column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.
 
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Gord Dibben 7/13/2005 1:57 PM PST
   
  Bob

Check your date sepearator in Windows Regional Options.

Change to something other than the decimal point.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:19:04 -0700, "bob condon" <bob
condon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
>one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
>frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
>it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
>column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.

 
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