Formatting inconsistent

I have a simple table with a couple of date and some currency columns (it's a memebrship-dues tracking sheet).
It seems every time i open it (I've been trusting autosave, but i do not like it at all) the formatting gets lost - the dates are formatted differently within the same column, some of the currency figures resort to one or no decimal places (i had it formatted for two), and other funny things.
Why?

Johhny,
Just this week I had a problem with the format not sticking on a file imported from Excel here too. I was able to beat it into submission, but I don't recall the details. I think I had to delete the data, reformat and then reinstate the data. To not lose your data, you could try copying the column and pasting it to a blank area of the sheet, then delete the data in the column you copied from and reformat. Finally Copy the column you set aside and Paste and Match Style back into the main table.
Jerry

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