They can be called a series.
Yes it does, for dates from the 1st of January 1900, but not before that.
No. Dates and times are stored as numbers in Excel.
Validation is the feature that can limit what is entered into cells in Excel.
Text will align to the left and numbers and dates align to the right.
Excel right aligns dates within a worksheet because it treats dates as numbers.
You can have text, numbers, dates, times, Boolean (True/False) and formulas.
Dates are actually stored as numbers in Excel, so you are seeing exactly how it is stored, rather than how it looks with its formatting applied.
It stores data. Mainly that data is numbers, but it can also be text, dates or logical data. Excel also stores the formulas that are entered and the formatting of data that is entered.
For text it would be left-aligned. Numbers, dates and times are normally right-aligned.
It means typing something as text, numbers, dates etc. into a cell, but excludes typing in formulas.
In Excel, dates are aligned to the right side of the cell by default, similar to numbers. This alignment is consistent regardless of the date format applied, such as short date, long date, or custom formats. The right alignment helps users quickly identify numerical data, including dates, which are stored as serial numbers in Excel. If you want to change the alignment, you can manually adjust it through the cell formatting options.
valueslabelsformulafunctionYou could say text, numbers and dates.