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I have a spreadsheet where a date in the future needs to be entered; however,
when I attempt to enter any date over the year 2009, it doesn't accept the
cell and the entry vanishes. The format is set for date. Am I missing
something else that I should be looking for? The spreadsheet was built
internally but is no longer here.

It doesn't sound like data validation, but it could be a worksheet change event that was used to
control data entry. Try opening the workbook with macros disabled.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVPquot;lbrownquot; gt; wrote in message
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gt;I have a spreadsheet where a date in the future needs to be entered; however,
gt; when I attempt to enter any date over the year 2009, it doesn't accept the
gt; cell and the entry vanishes. The format is set for date. Am I missing
gt; something else that I should be looking for? The spreadsheet was built
gt; internally but is no longer here.
Select an un-used cell and format it as general. Then enter 40224The re-format the cell as date and you should see 2/15/2010

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Gary's Studentquot;lbrownquot; wrote:

gt; I have a spreadsheet where a date in the future needs to be entered; however,
gt; when I attempt to enter any date over the year 2009, it doesn't accept the
gt; cell and the entry vanishes. The format is set for date. Am I missing
gt; something else that I should be looking for? The spreadsheet was built
gt; internally but is no longer here.