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I have an Excel spreadsheet where there is a date column, and the date is entered in the format of dd/mm/yyyy.
When I open this file in My Excel, the Date column converts to date, but in the format of mm/dd/yyyy automatically.
i.e., 12/03/2009 4:44:44 (12March) but it takes it as 3rd Dec 09..
Would you please shed some light on the matter.
Just because the date appears in a certain format doesn’t mean it will accept that format as input as well.
I believe the format accepted for input depends on your regional settings in Windows. (Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options)
If you just want to show the same format as was inputted, you need to change the cell’s format options. (Right-click the cell and choose Format)