Does anyone know why my short date formatting comes up in US format, if the
day is less than 13. My regional setting are UK only and dd/MM/yyyy. The
long date settings are fine (sample code that I have been using is below)

Many thanks

James


Sub testdate()

Cells(1, 1).Value = Now - 2 ' gives correct date and time (10th of
February)
Cells(2, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Long date") ' gives correct date
(10th of February)
Cells(3, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "D/MMM/YYYY") ' gives correct
date(10th of February)



Cells(4, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Short date") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(5, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(6, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
End Sub

Hi James,

Try:

CDate(Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/yyyy"))

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Regards,
Norman



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wrote in message ...
Does anyone know why my short date formatting comes up in US format, if
the
day is less than 13. My regional setting are UK only and dd/MM/yyyy. The
long date settings are fine (sample code that I have been using is below)

Many thanks

James


Sub testdate()

Cells(1, 1).Value = Now - 2 ' gives correct date and time (10th of
February)
Cells(2, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Long date") ' gives correct date
(10th of February)
Cells(3, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "D/MMM/YYYY") ' gives correct
date(10th of February)



Cells(4, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Short date") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(5, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(6, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
End Sub

Damn US dates!

I tend to cast dates

Cells(1, 1).Value = Now - 2 ' gives correct date and time (10th of
February)
Cells(2, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Long date") ' gives correct date
(10th of February)
Cells(3, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "D/MMM/YYYY") ' gives correct
date(10th of February)

Cells(4, 1).Value = CDate(Format(Now - 2, "Short date")) ' gives wrong
date (2nd of October)
Cells(5, 1).Value = CDate(Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY")) ' gives wrong
date (2nd of October)
Cells(6, 1).Value = CDate(Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY")) ' gives wrong
date (2nd of October)


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HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"
wrote in message ...
Does anyone know why my short date formatting comes up in US format, if
the
day is less than 13. My regional setting are UK only and dd/MM/yyyy. The
long date settings are fine (sample code that I have been using is below)

Many thanks

James


Sub testdate()

Cells(1, 1).Value = Now - 2 ' gives correct date and time (10th of
February)
Cells(2, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Long date") ' gives correct date
(10th of February)
Cells(3, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "D/MMM/YYYY") ' gives correct
date(10th of February)



Cells(4, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Short date") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(5, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(6, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
End Sub

Thanks Norman and Bob

"Norman Jones" wrote:

Hi James,

Try:

CDate(Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/yyyy"))

---
Regards,
Norman



"
wrote in message ...
Does anyone know why my short date formatting comes up in US format, if
the
day is less than 13. My regional setting are UK only and dd/MM/yyyy. The
long date settings are fine (sample code that I have been using is below)

Many thanks

James


Sub testdate()

Cells(1, 1).Value = Now - 2 ' gives correct date and time (10th of
February)
Cells(2, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Long date") ' gives correct date
(10th of February)
Cells(3, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "D/MMM/YYYY") ' gives correct
date(10th of February)



Cells(4, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "Short date") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(5, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
Cells(6, 1).Value = Format(Now - 2, "dd/mm/YYYY") ' gives wrong date
(2nd of October)
End Sub