Hello,
I am replacing the "."(dots) of a date which comes from the system(
example:28.02.2006) with "/" so that my excel does recognize it as a date.

I used to do manualy until recently. When I tried to automate it with VBA I
saw that it is not recognized as a date. When you select the cell and place
your cursor on the fomula line and hit enter it is recognized.
I tried to record a macro and use the code but it generates a code like this
which is not much use to me I guess(since the dates will change):
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "2/28/2006"

I know it is probably a stupid question but some hwlp would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks a lot,
Ozgur

Try

ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value


--
HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Ozgur Pars" wrote in message
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Hello,
I am replacing the "."(dots) of a date which comes from the system(
example:28.02.2006) with "/" so that my excel does recognize it as a date.

I used to do manualy until recently. When I tried to automate it with VBA
I
saw that it is not recognized as a date. When you select the cell and
place
your cursor on the fomula line and hit enter it is recognized.
I tried to record a macro and use the code but it generates a code like
this
which is not much use to me I guess(since the dates will change):
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "2/28/2006"

I know it is probably a stupid question but some hwlp would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks a lot,
Ozgur

Hi Bob thanks for your reply but it did not work.

Ozgur

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Try

ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value


--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from email address if mailing direct)

"Ozgur Pars" wrote in message
...
Hello,
I am replacing the "."(dots) of a date which comes from the system(
example:28.02.2006) with "/" so that my excel does recognize it as a date.

I used to do manualy until recently. When I tried to automate it with VBA
I
saw that it is not recognized as a date. When you select the cell and
place
your cursor on the fomula line and hit enter it is recognized.
I tried to record a macro and use the code but it generates a code like
this
which is not much use to me I guess(since the dates will change):
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "2/28/2006"

I know it is probably a stupid question but some hwlp would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks a lot,
Ozgur