Similarly, it's easy to forget to type the currency symbol when you're focusing on the numbers that follow, so using Excel's built-in number format converter is the way forward.

How do I change a number into a date format in Excel? Microsoft Excel has a feature that allows you to convert a number into a date, which is quite simple to do.

If numbers keep changing to dates automatically in Excel or if Excel changes dates to random numbers then this post will help you fix the issue.