I need a cell (to show Mar-09) it automatically goes to Mar-08

N

Nat

Trying to format the column, I type in 3/09 wanting it to show Mar-09 and it
automatically goes to Mar-08
 
S

ShaneDevenshire

Hi,

Don is correct, of course. But why? If you check your formula bar after
you type 3/09 you will see that Excel figured you ment 3/9/2008. Excel has
to guess what the 9 means - the month or the year, it goes for month and
assumes the current year. If you typed 3/32 excel would know this could not
be a day of the month so it would assume you wanted the first, 3/1/1932.
 

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