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date formating

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Jesse has attended:
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Date formating

error on "number reference" when entering dates

RE: date formating

Hi Jesse - thanks for posting a question on the forum.

Could you let me know the format of the date you are entering? One thing to watch out for is dates in the format 12.10.14 will probably be treated as text, rather than a date. This will likely throw out formulas. If you can enter in 12/10/14 format Excel will recognise this is a date and enable calculations.

Kind regards,
Andrew

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