Hi,

I have a regular stock chart, just like any other stock
charts in the planet. The Horizontal Axis is the Date.
Usually, the Date will be displayed as 07/08/04 (mm/dd/yy)
format. How to format this Date to a Real Numerical Date?

VBA code or manual solutions are both acceptable.

Thank you,

myDate = DateValue("string date"

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Hi Shi

Try using ths Clng conversion function.

For example, from the intermediate window:

?CLng(#07/09/2004#)
38237
?CLng(date)
38177

---
Regards,
Norman



"Shi" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have a regular stock chart, just like any other stock
charts in the planet. The Horizontal Axis is the Date.
Usually, the Date will be displayed as 07/08/04 (mm/dd/yy)
format. How to format this Date to a Real Numerical Date?

VBA code or manual solutions are both acceptable.

Thank you,

Hi Shi,

In my example, both results should (of course!) be 38177.


---
Regards,
Norman


"Norman Jones" wrote in message
...
Hi Shi

Try using ths Clng conversion function.

For example, from the intermediate window:

?CLng(#07/09/2004#)
38237
?CLng(date)
38177

---
Regards,
Norman

Norman,

Thank you very much for your help.

Is this 38237 equivalent to which "Category" under the
Menu [Format]-[Format Cells]-[Number Tab]-[Category]?

===============
General
Number
Date
Text
Special
Custom
===============



-----Original Message-----
Hi Shi

Try using ths Clng conversion function.

For example, from the intermediate window:

?CLng(#07/09/2004#)
38237
?CLng(date)
38177

---
Regards,
Norman



"Shi" wrote in
message
...
Hi,

I have a regular stock chart, just like any other stock
charts in the planet. The Horizontal Axis is the Date.
Usually, the Date will be displayed as 07/08/04
(mm/dd/yy)
format. How to format this Date to a Real Numerical
Date?

VBA code or manual solutions are both acceptable.

Thank you,


.

Hi Shi,

To display a date manually as its serial value, use the general format or
number format and set decimal places to 0.


---
Regards,
Norman



"Shi" wrote in message
...
Norman,

Thank you very much for your help.

Is this 38237 equivalent to which "Category" under the
Menu [Format]-[Format Cells]-[Number Tab]-[Category]?

===============
General
Number
Date
Text
Special
Custom
===============



-----Original Message-----
Hi Shi

Try using ths Clng conversion function.

For example, from the intermediate window:

?CLng(#07/09/2004#)
38237
?CLng(date)
38177

---
Regards,
Norman



"Shi" wrote in
message
...
Hi,

I have a regular stock chart, just like any other stock
charts in the planet. The Horizontal Axis is the Date.
Usually, the Date will be displayed as 07/08/04
(mm/dd/yy)
format. How to format this Date to a Real Numerical
Date?

VBA code or manual solutions are both acceptable.

Thank you,


.

Norman,

This is really a big help. Thanks a lot.



-----Original Message-----
Hi Shi,

To display a date manually as its serial value, use the
general format or
number format and set decimal places to 0.


---
Regards,
Norman



"Shi" wrote in
message
...
Norman,

Thank you very much for your help.

Is this 38237 equivalent to which "Category" under the
Menu [Format]-[Format Cells]-[Number Tab]-[Category]?

===============
General
Number
Date
Text
Special
Custom
===============



-----Original Message-----
Hi Shi

Try using ths Clng conversion function.

For example, from the intermediate window:

?CLng(#07/09/2004#)
38237
?CLng(date)
38177

---
Regards,
Norman



"Shi" wrote in
message
...
Hi,

I have a regular stock chart, just like any other
stock
charts in the planet. The Horizontal Axis is the
Date.
Usually, the Date will be displayed as 07/08/04
(mm/dd/yy)
format. How to format this Date to a Real Numerical
Date?

VBA code or manual solutions are both acceptable.

Thank you,


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