Microsoft KB Archive/124932

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The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
 * Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY
Many programs export dates as integers. In order to use these numbers in calculations, you must first convert the integer dates into serial numbers which Microsoft Excel can recognize as dates.

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http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/default.asp The following sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) transforms an integer date to a Microsoft Excel serial number. This procedure assumes that the integer date is in the active cell of the worksheet in the form 980812 (year|month|day). Sub DateToSerial

' Set MyDate equal to the contents of the selected cell. Set MyDate = Application.ActiveCell

' Set MyYear, MyMonth, and MyDay to the two left, two middle, and ' two right characters, respectively. MyYear = Left(MyDate, 2) MyMonth = Mid(MyDate, 3, 2) MyDay = Right(MyDate, 2)

' Replaces contents of the selected cell with the ' Microsoft Excel Serial Date. MyDate.Value = DateSerial(MyYear, MyMonth, MyDay)

End Sub The macro can be adapted for other integer date formats by changing the references in the DATE function.
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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998

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