[mso] Excel 2002 - Pivot Table Formatting

In my data source for the pivot table, I have cells formatted as hh:mm
to show hours and minutes, such as 1:05 meaning 1 hour and 5 minutes.
When I create the pivot table using this field as part of the row data,
it sets the format to 1:05:00 AM, changing the underlying format to
hh:mm:ss am/pm.  I change the format on that particular set of data in
the pivot table back to hh:mm, but as soon as I refresh or change the
pivot table it reverts back to hh:mm:ss am/pm format.
If I set the format on the data to general and type in 1:05, it displays
1:05:00 AM.  

Is there anyway to have it stop reformatting the cells with data is
refreshed or updated.  I have different pages of data to display, so it
gets changed often.

Thanks,

Christine McDonald
Technical Specialist
Western Regional Office


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