Hello all,

I have a file that contains dates. I know that for example "12.10.2004"
means "December 10th, 2005", however Excel treats as "Oct. 12th 2004".
Nothing works: converting the format of the cells doen't help, the
TEXT(A1;"mm.dd.yyyy") doesn't do anything because it works on the serial
number instead

Any suggestions?

thanks a lot

in some other empty cell (without any formt) type this
=(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".","/"))+0
you may get the date number
format it as you like

do you get what you want;.


Dimmer wrote in message
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Hello all,

I have a file that contains dates. I know that for example "12.10.2004"
means "December 10th, 2005", however Excel treats as "Oct. 12th 2004".
Nothing works: converting the format of the cells doen't help, the
TEXT(A1;"mm.dd.yyyy") doesn't do anything because it works on the serial
number instead

Any suggestions?

thanks a lot

Hi,

You can use the following function to convert the values:

Function ccDate(myDate As Date) As Date

dDate = CStr(myDate)

myValues = Split(dDate, "/")

myMonth = CInt(myValues(0))
myDay = CInt(myValues(1))
myYear = CInt(myValues(2))

ccDate = DateSerial(myYear, myMonth, myDay)

End Function


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I only noticed that you used a "." instead of "/" in the date. In this case,
change the following line:

myValues = Split(dDate, ".")

Alternatively, you can use an extra argument so that you can indicate the
separator.


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"cmart02" wrote:

Hi,

You can use the following function to convert the values:

Function ccDate(myDate As Date) As Date

dDate = CStr(myDate)

myValues = Split(dDate, "/")

myMonth = CInt(myValues(0))
myDay = CInt(myValues(1))
myYear = CInt(myValues(2))

ccDate = DateSerial(myYear, myMonth, myDay)

End Function


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Hi
I never used such a function before... how do I proceed?...

thanks

"cmart02" wrote:

I only noticed that you used a "." instead of "/" in the date. In this case,
change the following line:

myValues = Split(dDate, ".")

Alternatively, you can use an extra argument so that you can indicate the
separator.


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"cmart02" wrote:

Hi,

You can use the following function to convert the values:

Function ccDate(myDate As Date) As Date

dDate = CStr(myDate)

myValues = Split(dDate, "/")

myMonth = CInt(myValues(0))
myDay = CInt(myValues(1))
myYear = CInt(myValues(2))

ccDate = DateSerial(myYear, myMonth, myDay)

End Function


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you could try
=DATE(RIGHT(A1,4),LEFT(A1,2),MID(A1,4,2))
and format the cell with the date format you prefer

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"Dimmer" wrote in message
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Hello all,

I have a file that contains dates. I know that for example "12.10.2004"
means "December 10th, 2005", however Excel treats as "Oct. 12th 2004".
Nothing works: converting the format of the cells doen't help, the
TEXT(A1;"mm.dd.yyyy") doesn't do anything because it works on the serial
number instead

Any suggestions?

thanks a lot

Check out what format is in your Windows settings.

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"Dimmer" wrote in message
...
Hello all,

I have a file that contains dates. I know that for example "12.10.2004"
means "December 10th, 2005", however Excel treats as "Oct. 12th 2004".
Nothing works: converting the format of the cells doen't help, the
TEXT(A1;"mm.dd.yyyy") doesn't do anything because it works on the serial
number instead

Any suggestions?

thanks a lot