[dba-Tech] Excel Date/time problem

that is possible, but since I have the remote ctrl in one hand and type with 
the other on the number pad. it would complicate the data entry.
I did find a kind of solution: formatted it to hh/mm/ss/ff
this makes it behave like text, and as long as I always enter 0/ for the hh, 
it works out fine.

thanks
Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at gmail.com>


How about using seperate columns which you can then concatinate as you 
choose?

On 5/3/06, Lembit Soobik <lembit.dbamail at t-online.de> wrote:
> well, it turns out that since I had formattet it to hh/mm/ss
> rather than hh/mm/ss/frames, which doesnt exist of course,
> (I cheated) the !§$"&"§%Excel does take the first number as hours and
> therefore doesnt allow anything beyound 24/00/00
>
> guess i have to find a better way. If nothing else then I will use Text.
>
> Lembit
>
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>
> > just found that co copy a 'good value' to other cells in the column and
> > then
> > type over it wont help.
> > it comes back with the 01.01.1900 05/03/17
> >
> >
> >
> >>I am using Excel 2002 SP3 to list whats on my camcorder tapes-
> >> I use one column to record the location on the tape (it is shown in
> >> hours,
> >> minutes, seconds, frames.
> >> the hours are usually 0 sine that are 60 minutes tapes.
> >> I have formatted the column as hh/mm/ss
> >> something like 29 minutes, 3 seconds and 17 frames shows up as 29/03/17
> >> this works just fine up to a certain line (31).
> >> there it shows something like 05/03/17 and if I look at whats in there 
> >> it
> >> shows 01.01.1900 05/03/17.
> >>
> >> it doesnt help to mark the whole column and format it as hh/mm/ss.
> >> but if I copy one cell with the correct format, then erase it and then
> >> type
> >> in the value I want, it works.
> >>
> >> any idea, what to do to make it working from the beginning on?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >> Lembit
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