Converting dd/mm/yyy hh:mm to yyyymmddhhmmss

[digger2640]

Hi there,

I have been searching high and low for an answer to this and I cannot find anything.

The situation is this:

I have a csv file that contains a date and time column. The date and time is formatted in "dd/mm/yyy hh:mm" (eg: 26/08/2014 22:11). This date is related to a the date and time a form was submitted by a user.

The macro I have been writing I can convert to entire column to format the cells as yyyymmddhhmmss to create a 'unique' number and this works fine, however even after I have converted it to look like 20140826221124 (the 24 refers to the seconds) in the actual column, it still shows as "26/08/2014 10:11:24 PM".

When I save the csv file the date and time is saved as 20140826221124. No problems so far.

However, if the csv file is opened and the macro run again, it will convert the date and time column to a long line of ##############################.

The hashes are displayed, there is no number at all.

So my question is, how can I get the converted 20140826221124 to just be a number with no reference to date and time.

Gosh I hope this makes sense. Thank any of you in advance for any assistance.

 

[WarPigl3t]

http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/70772-convert-date-string.html