> Hi there,
> I am trying to get excel 2004 to recognise my dates in the dd/mm/yyyy
> format. i have changed the settings in the preferences on the system to
> reflect this yet excel still instits on formating dates mm/dd/yyy. can
> any one tell me how to fix this?
> Karline
Select the cells in question, then go to Format > Cells. There you can
specify (in Number) the format as being Date and you get a choice of
formats. If your choice is not there, go to Custom and make it up.