XL2000: Chart Axis May Be Four Years Early After You Format Scale (214348)
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This article was previously published under Q214348 SYMPTOMS
When you format an axis in a chart by using a time scale in Microsoft Excel, the axis may begin and end four years too early.
For example, if you want the axis to start at year 1990 and end at year
1999, it may actually start at year 1986 and end in year 1995.
For an example of this problem, see the "More Information" section in this
article.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if the following conditions are true: - You type a serial date value in the Minimum or Maximum box on the
Scale tab in the Format Axis dialog box.
-and-
- You are using the 1904 Date System.
NOTE: This problem is more likely to occur in Microsoft Excel for Macintosh than in Microsoft Excel 2000,
because Microsoft Excel for Macintosh uses the 1904 Date System by default. The problem does
not occur when Microsoft Excel uses the 1900 Date System.
Specifically, the problem occurs because Microsoft Excel uses the 1900
Date System for the serial date values you type in the Minimum and Maximum
boxes.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, do not type serial date values in the
Minimum and Maximum boxes on the Scale tab of the Format Axis dialog box.
Instead, type the dates as you would normally type them in a worksheet.
For example, use the formats that are in the following table:
Example Note
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1/10/1998 Month-day-year order
31/3/1998 Day-month-year order; for most non-United States
locales
October 13, 1998 Fully spelled date
16 October 1998 Fully spelled date
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/7/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending KB214348 |
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