Date Format

[Susan]

I have a spreadsheet with several hundred dates in
diffferect cells. The dates are typed in as "01/01/2003"
but show up in the spreadsheet as a five digit number.
The cell format is date and is not locked or protected.
How do I get them to show up as they are typed in? Thanks!

 

[Lance]

Excel carrys the date as a number, to see it as a date
format the cell(s) as dates.

Select the column with the dates, use the format menu at
the top of the screen, select the cells option and the
date cateory.

Lance