I am not sure how large/complex your file is, but you could try to copy and paste the data into a new Excel spreadsheet... sometimes older files, or files with large amounts of data, can become corrupt, and therefore they will start to act up. Hope this helps, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Graham Jones <agjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 9:33 am Subject: [mso] Re: Standard Dates in Excel I remember coming across something like this a VEEEERY long time ago. Time asses and the memory weakens, so I'm not sure but ..... Have you tried entering a NEW date, or replacing one already in the assigned olumn, AFTER reformatting it? Graham -----Original Message----- rom: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ohn Porter ent: 28 June 2010 14:22 o: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ubject: [mso] Re: Standard Dates in Excel TEXT(SourceCell,"mm/dd/yy") n Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Bill Mozer <billmozer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My date entries made in standard date format (04/28/2010) in Excel 2007 are being automatically converted to the Excel numeric format. The real date appears in the entry window, but dates appear in numeric format in the assigned column I tried reformatting the cells to the standard date format to no avail. Help, please. Many thanks! Bill ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. 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