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ElViejo1939 Author

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How do I keep Numbers from inserting today's date in custom format cells

I have a custom format that consists of hour:minute:second. No date, just time.

When I enter a time (e.g., 07:21:30) Numbers silently adds today's date to the cell, and uses that date for sorting.

So if I add a row with a cell value 07:21:30 today, and tomorrow add a row with a cell value of 07:18:00 tomorrow, Numbers will sort the earlier time after the later time because of the hidden day values in the cells.

How do I make it stop doing this?

iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021, 2 ports)

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 11:07 AM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Aug 29, 2022 12:38 PM

Have you already applied this cell formatting to suppress the date content?

There is a dedicated Numbers for Mac support community for these type of product specific questions, and would likely get you faster response.

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