If you enter a year without a month, Microsoft Excel treats it as a number. If you enter the same data in a cell that previously contained a date, Excel treats it as a serial number for a date ...

How to Convert 5-Digit Julian Dates to Regular Dates in Excel. The Julian date format is a five digit number broken into two parts: a two-digit representation of the year followed by a three-digit ...

Microsoft Excel multiplies each cell by 1, and in doing so, converts the text to numbers. We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to convert numbers stored as text to numbers in Excel.

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.