CAN'T CHANGE DATE FORMAT

mergim

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Hello everyone,

For some reason I cannot change the date format for my values (see picture). The cells marked with yellow are in US format, and the green ones are in European format. I have tried everything to format the values, so I have one type of format (European). I have tried to change format via "Ctrl + 1", and then choosing the European format "DD/MM/YYYY), "Text to Columns", replace the "/" with "-", added a "0" before the date, e.g. 05/23/2022, and not 5/23/2022, still nothing works. It seems like there is a glitch. I have even tried with Power Query.

Does anyone know how to fix this ?

Thanks in advance!

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It looks like your data is entered as text instead of date.
Try this code:
If the middle number is > 12, then it will swap the day & month.
Data in col A.
VBA Code:
Sub flipDate()
Dim x, tx As String
Dim r As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each r In Range("A2", Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp))
    tx = Replace(r.Text, "-", "/")
    x = Split(tx, "/")
    If UBound(x) = 2 Then
        If CLng(x(1)) > 12 Then
            r.Value = DateSerial(x(2), x(0), x(1))
        Else
            r.Value = DateValue(r.Text)
        End If
    End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

Example:
Book1
A
1DATE
201/03/2023
31/23/2022
42-3-2013
52-20-2012
Sheet4

result:
Book1
A
1DATE
201/03/2023
323/01/2022
402/03/2013
520/02/2012
Sheet4
 
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Solution
It looks like your data is entered as text instead of date.
Try this code:
If the middle number is > 12, then it will swap the day & month.
Data in col A.
VBA Code:
Sub flipDate()
Dim x, tx As String
Dim r As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each r In Range("A2", Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp))
    tx = Replace(r.Text, "-", "/")
    x = Split(tx, "/")
    If UBound(x) = 2 Then
        If CLng(x(1)) > 12 Then
            r.Value = DateSerial(x(2), x(0), x(1))
        Else
            r.Value = DateValue(r.Text)
        End If
    End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

Example:
Book1
A
1DATE
201/03/2023
31/23/2022
42-3-2013
52-20-2012
Sheet4

result:
Book1
A
1DATE
201/03/2023
323/01/2022
402/03/2013
520/02/2012
Sheet4
Hello,

The value is set as a date and not a text...
The code helps! Thanks a lot!!
 
Upvote 0
You're welcome, glad to help & thanks for the feedback.:)
 
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