You said:DATE1 = Source. It always gets imported in as 2 different date formats.
I SUSPECT that your source data has a date in a specific format like:
mm/dd/yy
but your Windows Regional settings are set to a date format that is something
else.Like:dd/mm/yy
So, when you read in values, if the value matches what Excel/Windows thinks is
a date, Excel converts the text string to a proper Excel "date".
The problem is, MY windows setting is mm/dd/yyyyWhen I opened your file, Excel
converts the data to MY preferred format.So, the first few records looks to ME
like:
DATE1 DATE2
10/15/2010 20151010
12/15/2010 20151012
10/14/15 20151014
10/16/15 20151016
10/18/15 20151018
See? the first two dates are converted to mm/dd/yyyy
Basically, I think your source data isn't in the same format as your Windows
default date format.
If the MONTH value is less than 12, then Excel thinks it's a valid date.If the
month is MORE than 12, then it's not a valid date and is stored as text.
So, I think we need to go back to your data source.
What does this file look like?is it a text file?Can you open it as text, then
use a formula or macro to convert it to a date in the proper format?
BTW: If excel recognizes a value as a date, it converts it to a number.(the
number of days since 1/1/1900)Once converted, you can DISPLAY this number in
any way you'd like.
November 23, 2015 is42331
11/23/2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
23-Nov
20151123
These are all the same date, simply changed the cell formatting.
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From: Bill Q <ronsmith...@gmail.com>
To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 7:29 AM
Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Re: Date Issue
Close.... but know. All dates in the "source" are actually in 2015. See my
dilemma ?
On Sunday, 22 November 2015 22:40:48 UTC-5, Bill Q wrote:
PSA.
Can someone please create a macro for me that would eliminate this frustrating
problem that I have with date converstion.
DATE1 = Source. It always gets imported in as 2 different date formats.
DATE2 is what I want returned in a YYYYMMDD format. I have manually change it
in this example.
Thanks.
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