Formatting dates prior to 1900

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Pete the Mag

I need to enter dates in dd/mm/yyyy format prior to 1900 like 14/02/1834.
Can this be done?

Thanks
 
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Fredrik Wahlgren

Pete the Mag said:
I need to enter dates in dd/mm/yyyy format prior to 1900 like 14/02/1834.
Can this be done?

Thanks
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Use an apostrophe as the first character, i.e. '14/02/1834
the postrophe won't appear and Excel will treat what follows as text.

/Fredrik
 
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Pete the Mag

Thanks but,
I should have correctly posed the question as:
I need to enter dates in dd/mm/yyyy format prior to 1900 like 14/02/1834,
and be able to sort them into chronological order. Can this be done?
 
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Chip Pearson

Excel doesn't support dates prior to 1900. John Walkenbach has
and extended date add-in that does, which you can find somewhere
at www.j-walk.com/ss



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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com

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Fredrik Wahlgren

Pete the Mag said:
Thanks but,
I should have correctly posed the question as:
I need to enter dates in dd/mm/yyyy format prior to 1900 like 14/02/1834,
and be able to sort them into chronological order. Can this be done?
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Yes. Let's say you have entered '14/02/1834 in A1 and downwards. Copy the
column and paste the values to column B.
Now, select column B and use Data|Text to columns. The wizard is easy to
understand. The dates will be split to thre columns.
Select columns A to D and select Data|Sort. Sort first on D, then on C and
then on B. When you're done, you an delete columns B to D.

/Fredrik
 
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Pete the Mag

Yes many thanks Fredrik. That will do it fine. Pete
Thanks to all respondents.
 
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