Doesn't it already do that? It is certainly my understanding.

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Bob Phillips

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Hi all,

Is there an elegant way of temporarily asking VBA to stick to its
embedded US core settings, in order to format dates accordingly ...,
and then, once action has been performed, to return to its regional
settings ...

Thanks for all your comments
Cheers
Carim