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    Keeping Date Format in String

    Hello,

    I've tried looking around for someone that posted the exact question I'm looking to have answered and I couldn't find anything so I apologize if I'm duplicating.

    Essentially, what I'm trying to do, is change a spreadsheet in xls format to csv format. As part of that, I have a formula that combines all the columns with a ";" separating the information. Here is the formula:

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    I believe I'm getting an error because of the 2 columns that I need as "short date". When I originally just had that part of the formula like the rest of it, it would change the date in to a number.

    If someone could please let me know what tweak I need to make to the formula to keep the formatting of each column, I'd appreciate it.

    Please let me know if you need more information.

    Thanks!

    Jeff

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    Re: Keeping Date Format in String

    Jeff

    There's no FORMAT worksheet function, the equivalent worksheet function to VBA's Format is TEXT.
    If posting code please use code tags, see here.

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    Re: Keeping Date Format in String

    Norie,

    This formula is in VBA. I'm creating a macro and the formula is part of the process.

    Thanks

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    Re: Keeping Date Format in String

    I know the formula is in VBA but you can't use VBA in worksheet formulas.

    If I run the code I get a !NAME# error because FORMAT isn't recognised.

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    Re: Keeping Date Format in String

    I apoligize - I see what you mean. I changed the formula to read:

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    ...and now "7/1/2012" turned in to "00ort 1at2012". Should I change "Short Date" to "mm/dd/yyyy"?

    Thanks

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    Re: Keeping Date Format in String

    Sorry - I should've tried before I asked... That worked perfectly.

    Thanks again Norie!

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    Re: Keeping Date Format in String

    Yes, you'll need to change Short Date because Excel won't recognise that either.

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