How do I enter dates without using the / key. Eg 071004 instead of 07/10/04
(this could of course be any date). I have seen applications set up this
way, but I have not been able to find a reference to how it is done. Any
ideas?

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm

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Kind Regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel

"DOMINIC JOSLIN" wrote in message
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How do I enter dates without using the / key. Eg 071004 instead of
07/10/04 (this could of course be any date). I have seen applications set
up this way, but I have not been able to find a reference to how it is
done. Any ideas?

Hi Dominic


there is probably an eay way to do this - but I dont know
it. However two alternatice approaches.

1. Use an adjacent cell to parse the input and generate a
valid date. eg

=DATEVALUE(LEFT(F16,2) &"/" & MID(F16,3,2) &"/" & RIGHT
(F16,4))

where F16 contains a DDMMYYYY "date" input.

2. Use the worksheet change event: You need to stop it
going into an endless loop. this is done by turning off
events while processing the change:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
On Error Resume Next

Application.EnableEvents = False

If Target.Column = "3" And Target.Value2 < "" Then

Target.Value = DateValue(Left(Target.Value2, 2) & "/"
& Mid(Target.Value2, 3, 2) & "/" & Right(Target.Value2, 4))

End If

Application.EnableEvents = True


End Sub

Dominic,

There is an addin called QDE (Quick Date Entry), could be just what you want
:-)
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.QDEDownload.html

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HTH

RP
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"DOMINIC JOSLIN" wrote in message
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How do I enter dates without using the / key. Eg 071004 instead of
07/10/04
(this could of course be any date). I have seen applications set up this
way, but I have not been able to find a reference to how it is done. Any
ideas?

Hi
use the following addin:
http://www.xldynamic.com/source/xld.QDEDownload.html

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Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

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How do I enter dates without using the / key. Eg 071004 instead of
07/10/04
(this could of course be any date). I have seen applications set up
this
way, but I have not been able to find a reference to how it is done.
Any
ideas?