Name Date Of Hire
Joe 1/1/2007
Bob 3/4/2007
bob 5/10/2007
Bill 7/3/2007
Tom 8/6/2007
Mary 11/15/2007

I want to show all people and hire dates for hire dates after 7/1/2007.
What format do the dates need to be in, what is the procedure/syntax?

Thanks,
Alan Beban

Filtering dates in code can be a miserable experience.

I used to screw around with things like:
...., criteria1:=clng(dateserial(2007,7,1), ...

Or by picking up the numberformat from the first cell in the field that has a
date.

But Ron de Bruin pointed me to a way that works for him (he can have a problem
with international issues).

This is from "Excel 2002 VBA Programmer's Reference"
Written by John Green, Stephen Bullen, Rob Bovey and Robert Rosenberg

http://www.oaltd.co.uk:80/ExcelProgR...rogRefCh22.htm
Search for "Range.AutoFilter" and you'll see this note:

Range.AutoFilter

The AutoFilter method of a Range object is a very curious beast. We are forced
to pass it strings for its filter criteria and hence must be aware of its string
handling behaviour. The criteria string consists of an operator (=, , <, =
etc.) followed by a value.

If no operator is specified, the "=" operator is assumed. The key issue is that
when using the "=" operator, AutoFilter performs a textual match, while using
any other operator results in a match by value. This gives us problems when
trying to locate exact matches for dates and numbers.

If we use "=", Excel matches on the text that is displayed in the cell, i.e. the
formatted number. As the text displayed in a cell will change with different
regional settings and Windows language version, it is impossible for us to
create a criteria string that will locate an exact match in all locales.

There is a workaround for this problem. When using any of the other filter
criteria, Excel plays by the rules and interprets the criteria string according
to US formats. Hence, a search criterion of "=02/01/2001" will find all dates
on or after 1st Feb, 2001, in all locales.

We can use this to match an exact date by using two AutoFilter criteria. The
following code will give an exact match on 1st Feb, 2001 and will work in any
locale:

Range("A1:D200").AutoFilter 2, "=02/01/2001", xlAnd, "<=02/01/2001"

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I haven't actually had to use it in real life, but those guys are very, very
smart and I trust them <bg. Maybe you could post back with your results.


Alan Beban wrote:

Name Date Of Hire
Joe 1/1/2007
Bob 3/4/2007
bob 5/10/2007
Bill 7/3/2007
Tom 8/6/2007
Mary 11/15/2007

I want to show all people and hire dates for hire dates after 7/1/2007.
What format do the dates need to be in, what is the procedure/syntax?

Thanks,
Alan Beban

--

Dave Peterson

Hi Alan,

I am a bit confused as to why you have posted this question. The date
11/15/2007 suggests you are working with US dates which implies your system
is also US. AFAIK filtering US system dates with any operator except perhaps
"=" does not present a problem. I would have thought a recorded macro will
give something you can simply adapt. Start with if .autofiltermode then
..autofilter (to clear), then .autofilter again with the requisite fields &
criteria). My system is International so I can't immediately verify, but
what problem is it you have.

If you need to cater for International dates and/or looking to filter "="
the extracts from the book as quoted by Dave are indeed highly relevant. I
don't think it quite gives the whole story in some respects, eg re the
string textural search; also while date-order, as determined by cell
numberformat, may be US or Int, other aspects of the format are relevant.
In addition, depending on format there is a way to filter = date with a
single =, without need to do the = And <= even with Int' dates & system.

FWIW the same issue with international dates and = similarly, though not
exactly, affects some other things. Eg 'Find', which requires a subtle
variation of the convert to US date fix.

Regards,
Peter T


"Alan Beban" wrote in message
...
Name Date Of Hire
Joe 1/1/2007
Bob 3/4/2007
bob 5/10/2007
Bill 7/3/2007
Tom 8/6/2007
Mary 11/15/2007

I want to show all people and hire dates for hire dates after 7/1/2007.
What format do the dates need to be in, what is the procedure/syntax?

Thanks,
Alan Beban