Thanks Dave. I'll file that one for future use. Otto
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Dim myNumberFormat as string
dim FoundCell as range
with .range("C:C")
mynumberformat = .cells(1).numberformat
set foundcell = .cells.find(what:=application.text(date,mynumberfo rmat),
....

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Otto Moehrbach wrote:

Dave
You lost me there. What do you mean by "pick up the numberformat
from
one of the cells to be searched"? Thanks for taking the time to help me.
Otto
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Not that I know.

One more option is to pick up the numberformat from one of the cells to
be
searched (if they have the same format) and use that.

Otto Moehrbach wrote:

Thanks Dave. There is no end to learning. The CLng(Date) didn't
work.
The
Match with Date didn't work. The Match with CLng(Date) worked. Is
there
some rationale to this? My engineering brain needs a reason when
something
happens. Otto
"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Sometimes converting the date to a long will work better:

TheRng.find(what:=clng(date), ...

Sometimes using application.match (with clng()) works better than
.find,
too.

Otto Moehrbach wrote:

Excel 2002, WinXP
I'm down to the last hairs on this one.
An OP has a list of March dates in Column C. He wants to find
today's
date
and place the contents of cell A1 into the cell to the right of
today's
date. Simple enough. I write out a quick macro (below) and send
it
to
him
via the newsgroup. It doesn't work for him. The error is that the
Find
cannot find today's date.
I tell him to send me his file. Sure enough, the macro does not
work
on
his
file.
The only difference between his and my Column Cs is this:
He entered 3/1/06 into C1. Then in C2 he put "=C1+1" (without the
quotes)
and dragged that formula down 30 some cells.
I, on the other hand, entered 3/1/06 into C1 and dragged that cell
down
some
30 cells.
The macro works on my file but not on his. I entered the dates my
way
on
his file and all is well.
Why did the formula setup result in the error? Thanks for your
help.
Otto
Sub FindDate()
Dim TheRng As Range
Set TheRng = Range("C1", Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
TheRng.Find(What:=Date, LookAt:=xlWhole).Offset(, 1).Value =
Range("A1").Value
End Sub

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