When you enter a date that's formatted with slashes, Excel will recognize it as a date. For example, Excel will automatically choose the date format for a cell that contains 11/11/19. You can set ...

In many cases, you want people to enter a valid date, and no other type of information, when they're putting data into a cell in Microsoft Excel. For example, you might be asking people to record days ...

When you enter a number into an Excel cell that looks like a date, such as "Jun-1" or "6/1," Excel automatically adjusts the format of the cell to display a date, so you may not know that Excel ...