I will try that when I get home tonight. Thanks Paul.
On Monday, 23 November 2015 08:12:27 UTC-5, Paul Schreiner wrote: > > 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/yyyy > When 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 is > 42331 > 11/23/2015 > Monday, November 23, 2015 > 23-Nov > 20151123 > > These are all the same date, simply changed the cell formatting. > > > > *Paul* > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > *“Do all the good you can,By all the means you can,In all the ways you > can,In all the places you can,At all the times you can,To all the people > you can,As long as ever you can.” - John Wesley* > ----------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Bill Q <ronsm...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > *To:* MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > *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. > > -- > Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s > =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ > https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > > FORUM RULES > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. 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