Microsoft KB Archive/215770

= XL97: Recorded AutoFilter Macro Does Not Filter Dates Correctly =

Article ID: 215770

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q215770





SYMPTOMS
When running a recorded macro that uses the AutoFilter feature, a date that meets the filter criteria is not properly filtered, either appearing when it shouldn't or not appearing when it should.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you do the following:
 * 1) While recording a macro, you use the AutoFilter command.
 * 2) You select a date for part of the AutoFilter criteria.
 * 3) You change the date format of the cell used for the criteria.
 * 4) You run the macro you recorded.



RESOLUTION
Change the value assigned to the Criteria1 argument or the Criteria2 argument of the AutoFilter method to match the date format of the date column on the AutoFilter list.

For example, if the line of code is as follows Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="2/2/98" and the cell containing the date in the AutoFilter list is formatted as m/d/yyyy, change the line of code to the following: Selection.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="2/2/1998"



MORE INFORMATION
The AutoFilter feature performs a simple string comparison. When you change the date format of the cell, AutoFilter fails because the string value is now different from the string value recorded for the AutoFilter method.

