I have copied a file from another computer to Excel in CSV format. the source
computer has the date in the format 07/11/13 (it's actually 2007/11/13) and
it is displaying in Excel as 7/11/2013. If I go into Excel and change the
format of the cell to yyyy/mm/dd format it changes it to 2013/07/11 which is
still wrong.

How do I get 7/11/13 to display as 2007/11/13

Because its CSV, Excel "thinks" it knows how to interpret the value. Just
rename the file to something other than CSV. This will casue the Import
Wizard to be invoked. You can then tell the Wizard how to interpret the
value correctly.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200761


"GKW in GA" wrote:

> I have copied a file from another computer to Excel in CSV format. the source
> computer has the date in the format 07/11/13 (it's actually 2007/11/13) and
> it is displaying in Excel as 7/11/2013. If I go into Excel and change the
> format of the cell to yyyy/mm/dd format it changes it to 2013/07/11 which is
> still wrong.
>
> How do I get 7/11/13 to display as 2007/11/13
>

Another way of invoking the wizard, without renaming the file, is to use
Data/ Import External Data, from within Excel, rather than just opening the
CSV file.
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David Biddulph

"Gary''s Student" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7E3516C6-30F4-4617-8F5E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Because its CSV, Excel "thinks" it knows how to interpret the value. Just
> rename the file to something other than CSV. This will casue the Import
> Wizard to be invoked. You can then tell the Wizard how to interpret the
> value correctly.
> --
> Gary''s Student - gsnu200761
>
>
> "GKW in GA" wrote:
>
>> I have copied a file from another computer to Excel in CSV format. the
>> source
>> computer has the date in the format 07/11/13 (it's actually 2007/11/13)
>> and
>> it is displaying in Excel as 7/11/2013. If I go into Excel and change the
>> format of the cell to yyyy/mm/dd format it changes it to 2013/07/11 which
>> is
>> still wrong.
>>
>> How do I get 7/11/13 to display as 2007/11/13
>>

could you be more specific in listing the steps to do this

thanks

"GKW in GA" wrote:

> I have copied a file from another computer to Excel in CSV format. the source
> computer has the date in the format 07/11/13 (it's actually 2007/11/13) and
> it is displaying in Excel as 7/11/2013. If I go into Excel and change the
> format of the cell to yyyy/mm/dd format it changes it to 2013/07/11 which is
> still wrong.
>
> How do I get 7/11/13 to display as 2007/11/13
>