Actually, I almost made the same mistake! What's really happening is that HIS Windows environment is configured to display dates as dd/mm/yyyy so to HIM both date formats look the same.
But since OUR environment settings use mm/dd/yyyy, then when we open the workbook, all legitimate Excel "dates" (which are really numbers displayed in date format) change to display as our configuration directs it. But the STRING values remain unchanged. I guess what I'm saying is that to US, the look like they're in different formats, but to HIM, they may look identical. The problem is that one is a date string while the other is a number DISPLAYED as a date. So, your reply is probably totally confusing to him! Paul ----------------------------------------- “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.” - John Wesley ----------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: dguillett1 <dguille...@gmail.com> To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, January 5, 2012 9:05:16 AM Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ VBA code for pasting date, not plain text You may want to reconsider what you are asking for. One set dd/mm/yyyy and the other mm/dd/yyyy Don Guillett SalesAid Software dguille...@gmail.com From: Darwin Chan Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:42 AM To: excel-macros@googlegroups.com Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ VBA code for pasting date, not plain text Dear group, I have written a macro for recording data for customer transaction every hour within a day. First I refresh the pivot table and copy the data to another area for ease to lookup. However, I found the VBA code i use just paste the date with wrong format. This makes me cannot lookup the desire value. Could anyone help to improve my code? *Remarks: Procedure name is "sp" -- Darwin Chan darwin.chankaw...@gmail.com kw42c...@yahoo.com.hk -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com