I am trying to give an error message if a user leaves a date field blank,
however my code is not catching it as blank it throws a 13 error message
(which i catch and give a message NOT in correct format
Mytime = Sheets("Program Controls").Range("F8").Value
' F8 is blank
'this is throwing an error 13 when I look at Mytime it shows
12:00:00 AM
If Mytime = "" Or MyTime = Null Or Mytime = #12:00:00 AM# Then
msgbox ("error message, cannot leave date blank")

Handler:
Select Case Err.Number
Case 13
x = MsgBox("Make sure your dates are in the right format MM/DD/YY"

any help would be appreciated,

I figured it out insteat of assigning to variable use the cell reference
then assign to variable just befor error handler.

If Sheets("Program Controls").Range("F8").Value = "" Then
x = MsgBox("You must enter Period From Date", vbCritical, "Error")
Range("PeriodFrom").Select
Range("PeriodFrom").Activate
End
end if