I'm guessing that you really meant: 121404 (not 1121404).

If you have a column of data like this, you could select that column and do
Data|text to columns.
Choose fixed width (but remove any lines that excel guessed).
Choose mdy as the column format for that field.

teach wrote:

When i apply a date format to a cell and then type in a date......eg. 1121404
instead of giving me 12/14/04 it gives me some random date like 11/05/2265.
I have changed the date format from short to long ...changed the way I enter
it and even fooled with the default time setting for the computer.

Is their a way to correct this problem without using a formula?

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Dave Peterson