Microsoft KB Archive/184178

= XL98: Variant Array of Dates Is Transferred to Worksheet =

Article ID: 184178

Article Last Modified on 9/12/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q184178



SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) to transfer an array of dates to a worksheet, the day and month may be transposed.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
 * The date format under Short Date in the Date & Time control panel is set to Day/Month/Year. -and-


 * You store a date in a variant array. -and-


 * You place the array in a worksheet.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. You can work around this problem by using the CLng function to convert the date to a long integer before placing it into a worksheet. For example, see the following sample macro: Sub EnterDate

Dim vDate As Variant ReDim vDate(1) As Variant

vDate(0) = DateSerial(1997, 1, 12)  ' This is January 12, 1997 vDate(1) = DateSerial(1997, 10, 1)  ' This is October 1, 1997

' Loop through each element of the array vDate. For i = LBound(vDate) To UBound(vDate) ' The CLng function is used below to convert the date to long. vDate(i) = CLng(vDate(i)) Next i

' Place the array contents into cells A1:B1. Range("A1:B1").Value = vDate

' Change the cell format so the date is easier to read. Range("A1:B1").NumberFormat = "mmmm d, yyyy"

End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
To determine which format is used under Short Date on your computer, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Apple menu, point to Control Panels, and then click Date & Time.
 * 2) Click Date Formats.

You can choose the short date format you want to use in the list under Short Date.

