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Hi All,

I was hoping I could get some help with my problem, as i have tried
everything i know.

I have this spreadsheet (attached) and when i type the date in my
formula doesnt want to find the corresponding data. But when the dates
are copied from the data table and pasted in (same dates) it finds the
data fine.

I have tried formatting the dates in the same way but with no change.

NB: If possible i would like to keep the formatting on the data table
without changing as this is a direct data import from another program.
If this is the only possibility, let me know and I will try and fix it
in a macro (feel free for suggestions)

Thank you!
Sam


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Hey,

This seemed to work well, until i went into the sheet, and it it
changing dates around as it is seeing them as US dates. For example the
6/3/2005 (in text Aust date) will turn into 3/6/2005 (date format aust
date). Is there anyway to tell it to stop swapping around the months
where the day numbers are low (1 - 12).

Thank you.

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Sam,

The 'Dates' in the ANC-NSW sheet are text not dates

Change them to real dates (with the same formatting as you originally
had)
by copying a blank cell, highlighting the dates and then selecting
Paste
Special Add.
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Hey,

Only problem with that is I also have a date / weeks macro based on
that input so they need to be treated as dates.


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This seemed to work well, until i went into the sheet, and it it
changing dates around as it is seeing them as US dates.


The cell should take up the format of the copied cell when the Paste Special
is activated, at least it does with me. Make sure that the cell that you
are copying is formatted the way that you want it to be.


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Hi All,

Thank you so much for your help, I worked out that by selecting the
date format with the * it doesnt swap the dates around.

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