Finding all the dates and copy them in separate place

Amit Shukla

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I have a table in my excel where all the project task completion dates are put.
I need to find all the dates that are in the current month, next month and so on.
Need to filter are the dates in ascending order so that it is easy for a follow-up.
There can be a duplicate entry also as a single date can have two different project tasks completing.
Besides every date, in the adjacent column, it should also mention the project head (in this case is the location).
 

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Thanks for the update.
Find the below:

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That is the same as your picture and only shows your data

What are your expected results ?
 
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I need all the dates which are in this month and for the next 11 months with a blank cell every month change. It will also show the location details.

So, the result will look something like this:

Book1
BCDEFGH
25
26All dates from current month02-01-2020Delhi
2703-01-2020Delhi
2806-01-2020Delhi
2912-01-2020Kerala
3020-01-2020Delhi
3122-01-2020Delhi
3224-01-2020Kerala
3329-01-2020Delhi
34
3504-02-2020Delhi
3611-02-2020Delhi
3711-02-2020Kerala
3820-02-2020
3923-02-2020
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4101-03-2020
4213-03-2020
4321-03-2020
4427-03-2020
4527-03-2020
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The code below produces a list exactly like the list requested in post#5
- it assumes that the data is set out EXACTLY like the data you provided
- it assumes that there is an empty column between each region
- it assumes that region names are in row 2
- it assumes that the data is contiguous within each region (ie no empty rows or columns)

The code looks for "CHENNAI" "DELHI" "KERALA" in row 2 to determine which ranges to search for dates
Amend name of sheet containing your data in this line
VBA Code:
Set Data = Sheets("Sheet1")

The Input Box should return the correct starting date if running the code this month
- amending the date in the input box to 01-May-2020 returns dates for 12 months starting from 1 May 2020

This line prevents the same date being repeated for the same region
- delete line if you want dates repeated for same region
VBA Code:
ws.Range("A:B").RemoveDuplicates Columns:=Array(1, 2), Header:=xlYes


VBA Code:
Sub GetDates()
    Dim Region As Variant, Cel As Range, CelAbove As Range, FromDate As Date, ToDate As Date
    Dim ws As Worksheet, Data As Worksheet, r As Long
    Set Data = Sheets("Sheet1")
    On Error Resume Next
'get dates
    FromDate = DateSerial(Year(Date), Month(Date), 1)
    FromDate = InputBox("OK to contine or amend date", "FIRST DAY OF MONTH", Format(FromDate, "dd-mmm-yy"))
    ToDate = DateSerial(Year(FromDate) + 1, Month(FromDate), 1)
'new worksheet
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Set ws = Sheets.Add(before:=Sheets(1))
    With ws.Range("A1:B1")
        .Value = Array("Date", "Place")
        .ColumnWidth = 20
    End With
'add dates
    For Each Region In Array("CHENNAI", "DELHI", "KERALA")
        For Each Cel In Data.Range("2:2").Find(Region).CurrentRegion
           If Cel > FromDate And Cel < ToDate Then
                ws.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1).Resize(, 2).Value = Array(Cel, Region)
            End If
        Next Cel
    Next Region
'sort dates
    ws.Sort.SortFields.Add2 Key:=Range("A2"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending
    ws.Sort.SortFields.Add2 Key:=Range("B2"), SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending
    With ws.Sort
        .SetRange Range("A:B")
        .Header = xlYes
        .Apply
    End With
    ws.Range("A:B").RemoveDuplicates Columns:=Array(1, 2), Header:=xlYes        'SEE NOTE
    ws.Range("A:A").NumberFormat = "dd-mmm-yy"
'Insert Space
    For r = ws.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp) To 3 Step -1
        Set Cel = ws.Cells(r, 1)
        Set CelAbove = Cel.Offset(-1)
        If Month(Cel) <> Month(CelAbove) Then Cel.Resize(, 2).Insert Shift:=xlDown
    Next r
End Sub
 
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Thanks for the Help Yongle; beautiful and simple code
A couple of things that are not happening:
1. Sorting of date after filtration; ignore the spaces in between
2. Locations are not static, they may vary depending on the current project, so table heading is auto-selected. What if there is one more location added next month?
3. The code generated a fresh sheet every time. so can we specify a particular cell where the data can come in the same sheet?
 
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beautiful and simple code
Thank you :)
- code should never be obsure
- it should be instantly easy to understand what is going on ( for whoever reads it)

1. Sorting of date after filtration; ignore the spaces in between
Against my test data, the code generated a list in date sequence with a space after the last entry each month
- are you saying that the code is not doing that when you run it ?
- or are you saying something else :unsure:

2. Locations are not static, they may vary depending on the current project, so table heading is auto-selected. What if there is one more location added next month?
Are you saying that you want the code to
- look for any cell containing a value in row 2
- use each one of those values as a location
- use each location to determine the range

3. The code generated a fresh sheet every time. so can we specify a particular cell where the data can come in the same sheet?
Do you want the old data cleared and the new data to start from the same cell each time ?
- if so what is the sheet name and which cell should hold the first date value ?
 
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Thank you :)
- code should never be obsure
- it should be instantly easy to understand what is going on ( for whoever reads it)


Against my test data, the code generated a list in date sequence with a space after the last entry each month
- are you saying that the code is not doing that when you run it ?
- or are you saying something else :unsure:


Are you saying that you want the code to
- look for any cell containing a value in row 2
- use each one of those values as a location
- use each location to determine the range


Do you want the old data cleared and the new data to start from the same cell each time ?
- if so what is the sheet name and which cell should hold the first date value ?

Yes, sorting is not happening. We can ignore the space and try sorting of data.
The location on the row 2 is needed as that can change anytime or if the project is completed.
As shown above the result can come on the same sheet somewhere. For Eg. starting at F26 or somewhere specific.

My question here is, can we consider every location wise extraction of dates and then sort after compiling all the location result, it will be easier.
 
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My result
SortDates.jpg


Sheet containing the dates - amend sheet name in this line
Set Data = Sheets("Sheet1")

Results are placed 5 rows below last used cell in column B as determined by this line
Set Result = Data.Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Offset(5)

Test on a COPY of your data
VBA Code:
Sub GetDates()
    Dim Region As Range, Cel As Range, CelAbove As Range, Result As Range
    Dim ws As Worksheet, Data As Worksheet, r As Long, FromDate As Date, ToDate As Date
    Set Data = Sheets("Sheet1")                                         'which sheet contains the dates ???
    Set Result = Data.Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Offset(5)          'result go here
    Data.Activate
    On Error Resume Next
'get dates
    FromDate = DateSerial(Year(Date), Month(Date), 1)
    FromDate = InputBox("OK to contine or amend date", "FIRST DAY OF MONTH", Format(FromDate, "dd-mmm-yy"))
    ToDate = DateSerial(Year(FromDate) + 1, Month(FromDate), 1)
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Set ws = Sheets.Add
'add dates
    For Each Region In Data.Range("A2", Data.Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft))
        If Region <> "" Then
            For Each Cel In Region.CurrentRegion
                If Cel > FromDate And Cel < ToDate Then ws.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1).Resize(, 2).Value = Array(Cel, Region)
            Next Cel
        End If
    Next Region
'sort dates
    With ws.Range("A1").CurrentRegion
        .Sort [A1], xlAscending
        .Resize(, 1).NumberFormat = "dd-mmm-yy"
        .RemoveDuplicates Columns:=Array(1, 2), Header:=xlYes
    End With
'insert space
    For r = ws.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp) To 2 Step -1
        Set Cel = ws.Cells(r, 1)
        Set CelAbove = Cel.Offset(-1)
        If Month(Cel) <> Month(CelAbove) Then Cel.Resize(, 2).Insert Shift:=xlDown
    Next r
'clear previous result and replace with latest result
    Result.Resize(Rows.Count - Result.Row, 2).ClearContents
    ws.UsedRange.Copy Result
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False: ws.Delete: Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
 
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