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I am having a major headache importing a csv file into my workbook.

There is an issue with the way dates get changed when a worksheet is copied into my workbook.

the date is being written as text, if i double click on the cell the date transforms back to being formated as a date.

i recorded this to try to emulate in vba.

When recorded i get
Code:
 ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "3/14/2009 17:39"

so as i want to loop this through a whole column i tried and use column a to check the number of lines of data i tried

Code:
Sub fixit()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim LR As Long
Dim cl As Range
Dim formu As String
With Sheets("Master!")
LR = .Range("A" & Rows.count).End(xlUp).Row
    For Each cl In .Range(.Cells(2, 1), .Cells(LR, 1))
    formu = cl.Offset(0, 3)
    cl.Offset(0, 3).formular1c1 = formu
    Next cl
End With

but this doesn't work - i have even tried copying the cell to another sheet and refrencing it in the vba looping for 2000 rows :

Code:
Sub fixit()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim LR As Long
Dim cl As Range
Dim formu As String
Dim counting As String
counting = 2
For LR = 2 To 2000
Sheets("master!").Select
Range("d" & counting).Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Range("A24").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Sheets("master!").Select
Range("d" & counting).Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = Sheet1.Range("a24").Text
counting = counting + 1
Next LR
 
End Sub

Can anyone help?
 
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Excel Facts

Can a formula spear through sheets?
Use =SUM(January:December!E7) to sum E7 on all of the sheets from January through December
Select you column with "Dates" and choose Data>Text to Columns. On the 3rd panel of the wizard, select "Date" and a format. Click Finish. You're done
lenze
 
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lenze this works fine when i do it myself, i recorded the macro writing to column bb -i got the date value and the macro i get is
Code:
    Columns("D:D").Select
    Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Range("BB1"), DataType:=xlDelimited, _
        TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=True, _
        Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo _
        :=Array(1, 4), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True

when the code is run the cells are still showing as text?
 
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both the sopurce in column d and the cells in column bb - i beleive it is because the vba is redaing 14/03/2009 23:00 as mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm and as there is no 14th month will only read it as text
 
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On the 3rd panel of the wizard, did you select "DMY" from the dropdown?
lenze
 
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yes - when i follow the process myself it works fine, it is when i use the macro that the format doesn't change which is strange because the macro is the recording of me following
"Select you column with "Dates" and choose Data>Text to Columns. On the 3rd panel of the wizard, select "Date" and a format. Click Finish" which worked
 
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It appears the macro will work if the destination cellc(Range) is the same as the selected range, but not if a different column. Haven't a clue as to why, :confused:

lenze
 
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I ended up splitting the string into 4 columns dd mm yyyy and hh:mm then re-assembling the datein the next column
Code:
Sub timeent()

    Columns("D:D").Select
    Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Range("AV1"), DataType:=xlDelimited, _
        TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=True, Tab:=False, _
        Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, Space:=True, Other:=True, OtherChar:= _
        "/", FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), Array(2, 1), Array(3, 1), Array(4, 1)), _
        TrailingMinusNumbers:=True
    Columns("AU:AU").Select
End Sub
Sub entdate()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim LR As Long
Dim cl As Range

With Sheets("master!")
    LR = .Range("A" & Rows.count).End(xlUp).Row
    For Each cl In .Range(.Cells(2, 1), .Cells(LR, 1))
     cl.Offset(0, 51) = cl.Offset(0, 48).Value & "/" & cl.Offset(0, 47).Value & "/" & cl.Offset(0, 49).Value
 cl.Offset(0, 51) = Format(cl.Offset(0, 51), "dd/mm/yyyy")
    Next cl
End With
End Sub
 
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