Have to tried the workaround mentioned in the article, using the Local
argument? I switch my settings to UK and I found that using Local fixed the
problem:

Workbooks.Open Filename:="C:\date.csv", Local:=True

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Jim
"Scarab" wrote in message
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| Within my CSV file the date is in the format dd/mm/yyyy, when I convert it
| into Excel 2003 the date appears in the format mm/dd/yyyy.
| I see this problem also appeared in Excel 2002 but the regfix supplied by
| Microsoft Knowledge base KB835718 does not work for Excel 2003.
| Please any suggestions?