I recorded a macro to paste dates from a text file and the macro behaves
differently and gives different results then when I recorded it. The
macro stuffs up the dates which are pasted or stuffs up the date format
and I cannot fix the result.
The action is part of a larger macro, but I have attached a simplified
example which simulates the problem.
I have recorded the macro using macro record. While I record the result
is correct. However when I replay the macro the date returned can be
incorrect. Note my date format is d/mm/yy. The error only occurs for
dates with the day less than 13! (Something to do with the month range
1 to 12???)
eg: date copied is 1/11/05 the result is 11/1/2005, however the date
28/10/05 copies correctly. BUT I repeat the error does not occur during
live recording - it only occurs when playing the macro.
I have tested this on a second PC and it still occurs. I am using
English (Australia) for region. I tested English (US) and the error
still occurred.
I am interested to see if the same problem occurs for other users. You
could quickly try this example yourself.
I attach 2 files dates.txt and dates.xls Simply copy the dates in
dates.txt (to your clipboard), then within an excel file start
recording a macro, then simply paste the dates. Stop macro recording.
Now select another column and run the macro. Are the results the same?
They weren't for me!
dates.xls has a macro (macro1) already. It also shows the results I
got. All the macro does is
-ActiveSheet.Paste-
Cheers!


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