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Change Excel cell format date type examples ("14-Mar-01")
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A detail which makes the response to the user "not exact/unique": Take the following path in any cell: Format / Number / Date / Type Say you have a single digit date; example: 3-May-05. Choose the first of two : 14-Mar-01 what will the format be? Choose the second, identical: 14-Mar-01, what will the format be? 50%-50% chance one of them will give you a leading zero, the other will suppress the zero. The user finds out after he executes the formatting, not before. Shouldnt we use more explicit examples such as: 4-Mar-01 and 04-Mar-01 ? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.excel.setup |
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1) Actually, I think you'll find that the formats are "sorted" (within
groupings) by increasing # of characters: 1st example has no leading zero, 2nd example does. I've always found that to be pretty consistent. The list isn't especially random. 2) While your " 4-Mar-01" and "04-Mar-01" would work for formats that include text, 4-03-01 and 04-03-01 would raise the question "Which is the day and which is the month?" (i.e., there is a reason one of the numbers in the "type" samples is always greater than 12, and thus can't show leading zeros in the example). 3) "The user finds out after he executes the formatting, not before." Huh? There is a "sample" box in that dialog that shows exactly how the value in the currently selected cell would appear with the currently selected format, before the user exits the dialog and "executes" anything. HTH, -- George Nicholson Remove 'Junk' from return address. "Cogito.ergo.sum" wrote in message ... Formatting: A detail which makes the response to the user "not exact/unique": Take the following path in any cell: Format / Number / Date / Type Say you have a "single digit" date; example: 3-May-05. Choose the first of two : "14-Mar-01" what will the format be? Choose the second, identical: "14-Mar-01", what will the format be? 50%-50% chance one of them will give you a leading zero, the other will suppress the zero. The user finds out after he executes the formatting, not before. Shouldn't we use more explicit examples such as: " 4-Mar-01" and "04-Mar-01" ? ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ic.excel.setup |
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