There is nothing to turn off. Pasting dates results in then taking whatever the default date format is for your system. If you want to use another format, either paste them as values into pre-formatted cells (otherwise you'll just get serial #s) or paste then re-format.

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I want to be able to paste somethign like "24-7" as "24-7" and NOT transform it in any way. That's precisely the issue I have.

They will still be transformed. Not a solution.

Inefficient and obviously not a solution either.

Evidently, you've never heard of preformatting the destination as text... Content like '24-7' pasted from another application will remain '24-7'. Likewise, it seems you've never explored the 'Paste Special 'options, one of which is 'Keep source formatting'...

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Both of which are broken. I can either not get the dates and lose the rest of the formatting, or get the dates: https://youtu.be/1h35UT4kAzU

If something is broken on your PC, maybe you should fix it instead of complaining that Excel is flawed.

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Exactly

Tested from Notepad , works perfectly

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Pasting into Notepad first removes the formatting, so this is again not a solution.

Entered a string like 24/7 in notepad then copy pasted to a pre-formatted text sheet, works perfectly.

This is getting us nowhere.

Seeing the way you react and your overall lack of courtesy for those trying to help you for free on their free time, I am adding you to my "ignore list".

Good luck with your query

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