Date Errors

**excel_8543** · 01-09-2007, 01:02 PM

I attached a snap shot of what I get when I run the "control+;" command. I should get 01/09/2007 in the cell but I only get 0-Jan-00

**excel_8543** · 01-09-2007, 05:54 PM

I also tried this equation:

=IF(ISBLANK(D1),"",IF(B1="",FixedDate(),B1))

D = driving value. Once data is entered here, a fixed date is placed in B

B values are still returning at 0-Jan-00.

I used this FixedDate command from September 06 to Dec 06 without any issues. Once we got into Jan 07, it no longer works.

**oldchippy** · 01-09-2007, 06:50 PM

Is it possible to post a zipped spreadsheet (remove sensitive data) so that someone can see exactly what you mean?

If you go to My Documents or wherever you keep your file, right-click on it and Sent to > Compressed file, then post that.

**excel_8543** · 01-10-2007, 09:22 AM

OK, here's a copy of what I'm working with. I really appreciate the support as I cannot figure this out. I still think it might be a problem within the settings because even a =NOW() or CTRL+; function returns 0-Jan-00.

**oldchippy** · 01-10-2007, 09:37 AM

When you open the zip file you get a circular reference error

Extract for help file
When a formula refers back to its own cell, either directly or indirectly, it is called a circular reference. Microsoft Excel cannot automatically calculate all open workbooks when one of them contains a circular reference. You can remove a circular reference, or you can have Excel calculate each cell involved in the circular reference once by using the results of the previous iteration. Unless you change the default settings for iteration, Excel stops calculating after 100 iterations or after all values in the circular reference change by less than 0.001 between iterations, whichever comes first.

**excel_8543** · 01-10-2007, 09:50 AM

Yeah, I saw that, so I checked the iteration command under options. The thing I cannot figure out is that I did not get this error last year. The sheet worked fine from Sept.-Dec. 2006.

Even if you use just =NOW() you get the wrong value.

Thank you!!