Microsoft KB Archive/215971

= XL2000: Copy and Paste of Dates Produces Incorrect Dates =

Article ID: 215971

Article Last Modified on 9/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q215971



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Paste command in a cell or range that has been formatted as a Date, Microsoft Excel pastes incorrect dates.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when one or more of the following conditions are true:


 * Your workbook is using the 1904 date system.

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 * Your workbook was originally created in a version of Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh.



RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, revise your workbook or template so that it no longer uses the 1904 date system. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 2) On the Calculation tab, click to clear the 1904 date system check box under Workbook options.

NOTE: The 1904 date system is a global setting for the entire workbook. All dates in every worksheet in the active workbook may change.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about date systems in Microsoft Excel, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

214330 XL2000: The 1900 Date System vs. the 1904 Date System

Additional query words: XL2000 date incorrect wrong off

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB215971

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