For the example you gave, this cell...

Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(4, q + 1)

has nothing in it. I think the problem goes back to this statement...

Cells(4, 3) = 2009

In particular, the 3... your previous statements use 2 for the column. Was
the 3 a mistake? If you change it to 2, the code you posted appears to work
correctly.

As an unrelated aside, you should consider prefacing all the cell references
with your worksheet reference, not just some of them.

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"jason" wrote in message
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On Aug 10, 12:15 pm, jason wrote:
On Aug 10, 11:30 am, "Rick Rothstein"





wrote:
Since you posted to a programming newsgroup, I assume your question is
asking for a VB solution... use the Text property of the Range or Cells
objects to get the text that is in the cell instead of its underlying
value.
For example, if A1 contains a date formatted as you indicated, then this
will copy the displayed text into the cell B1...

Range("B1").Valued = Range("A1").Text

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)

"jason" wrote in message

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hello,

i need to copy a date formatted as "yyyymmdd" (preferably as a
string).
each time i copy it, i copy the mm/dd/yyyy format when i copy cells
(x,y).value or any other form.

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exactly what i need.
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actually not working.

code:
dim q
q=1
cells(2,2)=1
cells(3,2)=1
cells(4,3)=2009




Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(5, q + 1) = Worksheets
("Sheet1").Cells(2, q + 1) & "/" & Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(3, q +
1) & "/" & Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(4, q + 1)
Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(5, q + 1).NumberFormat = "m/d/
yy;@"
Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(6, q + 1).Value = Worksheets
("Sheet1").Cells(5, q + 1).Text