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julie from Seattle
 
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Default cell assumes wrong date

I want to format a cell for time. I want to type "0830" in a cell and have it
show 8:30 AM. So I format the cell accordingly. But when I type 0830 in the
cell I get "12:00 AM", and if I double click into the cell it shows "4/9/1902
12:00:00 AM". What can I do to have it not include a date...just a time?

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Peo Sjoblom
 
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You can't unless you use a macro, see:

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

One day is 1, one hour is 1/24 no formatting can change 830x24 hours into
08:30, you need the above macro


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom



"julie from Seattle" wrote:

I want to format a cell for time. I want to type "0830" in a cell and have it
show 8:30 AM. So I format the cell accordingly. But when I type 0830 in the
cell I get "12:00 AM", and if I double click into the cell it shows "4/9/1902
12:00:00 AM". What can I do to have it not include a date...just a time?

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