Policy

Enable four-digit year display

When this setting is not enabled, Excel follows the Short date style setting under Regional Settings in Control Panel. When this setting is enabled, Excel always displays four digits when you type a date that includes a four-digit year, which may override the Short date style setting under Regional Settings in Control Panel.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Excel 2016 / Miscellaneous
Policy ID5de25be96169
Internal nameL_Enablefourdigityeardisplay

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\enablefourdigityeardisplay (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\enablefourdigityeardisplay (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

When this setting is not enabled, Excel follows the Short date style setting under Regional Settings in Control Panel. When this setting is enabled, Excel always displays four digits when you type a date that includes a four-digit year, which may override the Short date style setting under Regional Settings in Control Panel.

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