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E

ec17

How do I keep a date in the format Sep 08 (for september 2008)? Excel keeps
changing it to 01/09/2008.
 
G

Gord Dibben

Format to mmm yy

Or enter as text 'Sep 08

Note the apostrophe.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 

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