…In this worksheet called Standard Date Time Formats, we see some data entries in…columns B and D, and some time entries in columns F, G, and I.…Standard date displays are probably the order of the day as we look at these…I think most people in the United States…these days are using these kinds of displays.…But it's not always the display you want.…Imagine if the display in column B we'd like to have it a bit narrower.…If you right click column B, provided there's nothing else in…column B except that additional label, you can easily enter, format cells.…
And on the number tab here, a group…of date formats, quite a few different choices here.…If all those dates happen to be within this same year, we…could choose an option here that simply displays the month and the day.…That might save us some horizontal space so at, for example, might look like this.…Another way to get into format cells, if…the data is already selected press control one.…Nearly always when you do this you will go to the…number tab, sometimes you might have to make that choice also.…
Author
Released
4/10/2014- Describe the default settings Excel has in place for dates and times.
- Identify keystroke shortcuts to insert dates and times into a cell.
- Explain how to create a custom date format.
- Recognize the functions used to calculate time intervals that include restrictions.
- Recall the keystroke shortcut to apply a general format that reveals the real information in a cell.
- Define the purpose of the Text to Column tool.
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
Views
Related Courses
-
Excel 2013: Shortcuts
with Curt Frye3h 16m Intermediate -
Excel 2013 Essential Training
with Dennis Taylor6h 32m Intermediate
-
Introduction
-
Welcome54s
-
-
1. The Excel Date and Time Systems
-
2. Creating Date and Time Entries
-
Instant date and time entry1m 28s
-
3. Date and Time Formatting
-
Custom date formatting3m 8s
-
Keystroke shortcuts2m 3s
-
4. Date and Time Functions
-
5. Calculating with Dates and Times
-
6. Using Dates and Times with Excel Commands
-
Conclusion
-
Next steps24s
-
- Mark as unwatched
- Mark all as unwatched
Are you sure you want to mark all the videos in this course as unwatched?
This will not affect your course history, your reports, or your certificates of completion for this course.
CancelTake notes with your new membership!
Type in the entry box, then click Enter to save your note.
1:30Press on any video thumbnail to jump immediately to the timecode shown.
Notes are saved with you account but can also be exported as plain text, MS Word, PDF, Google Doc, or Evernote.
Share this video
Embed this video
Video: Standard date and time formats