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suppress click to call on iphone

we have an html base application designed for the iphone that is displaying some information in the format
##/##/## ##.###
the iphone insist on allowing the user to click this and call the number.  Since the data is really a date and a numerical code it is nonsensical to call it as a telephone number.  Is it possible to write the html in such a way as to prevent the iphone from trying to help out and prompting the user to make a call?
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worked great, just needed to add a single one.
I also found out that adding href="#" works too.
Thanks for your help
Great to hear that it worked for you :)
What do you mean with "adding href="#""? make a link out of it?
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yes, if I make it a link the iphone does not treat it as a phone number
ok, but then it looks like a link and that's probably something you don't want in your application. Of course, you can modify the style of the link to not look like the other links on your site, but as to my experience, the shy method is the best one.