Hi Michael,

Is it really non-date format or is it that the day/month are reversed,

See the article about that at fellow MVP Cindy Meister's website at
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/MergFram.htm

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benefit of others who may be interested.  Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP