Globalizing a Template

ScottInTexas

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I have a template wherein the user enters date and time. I want to use this template at a site in China. Do I have to do anything special to account for the different time and date formats? I presume they have their computer set to local culture. That means they have dates with dd/mm/yyyy. My VBA code uses date difference but it doesn't break the date up. So I am not sure if there is anything I need to do.
 

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I would suggest editing your code to adhere to their format for date and anything else that is specific to their locale.

I've created a few small projects using the US Standard for date ( MM/DD/YYYY ) and had users in Europe complain it did not adhere to their standard.
So .. from my experience ... don't expect their system to auto change the display of your coding to match their locale.
 
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