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I am working on a milestone dates table. When I finished and move the worksheet to another file (which is a manual with each worksheet for different topics), the dates change to different year.
e.g. 4 Aug 2020 in file 1 (= number 44047)
after move the worksheet to file 2, or copy the data from file 1 to file 2, the date becomes 5 Aug 2024.
How to resolve this? I hope I don't need to retype every cells again as text.
Thanks you all for your suggestions.
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Answer accepted by question author
Go into file 2
Open the Excel options
Advanced \ Uncheck "Use 1904 date system":
Ok
Save the file
Andreas.
Dear Andreas,
You are wonderful. You saved my day!
Thank you very much.
Marisa