Pre-1900 Dates

B

Barb

In working with some old records, I've been trying to
enter pre-1900 dates. Excel doesn't recognize these as
dates. If I want to change the date format, nothing
happens.

Any suggestions?
 
P

Paul B

Barb, have a look here http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/usertips/tip028.htm

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