Excel date format issue

[Paterson]

Hi everyone, how are youyou doing?
My problem is that I Have a colums "C"
With data of the type 1.12.17
I want to change these data to the date format 01/12/17 (dd/mm/yy)

I use a VBA code to replace all the dots with "/"
The code looks like this:

Sub ReplaceDots()
Dim i, k As String
i = "."
k = "/"
Columns("C").Replace what:=i, Replacement:=k, lookat:=xlPart, MatchCase:=False

End Sub

It works fine but the problem is, instead of getting 01/12/17 (dd/mm/yy) Spanish date Format
I get 12/01/17 (dd/mm/yy)

So December 1rst, 2017 becomes January 12rd, 2017.

Is there a way to fix this? because the column has about 3000 cells of data I can't change it manually.

Cheers,

 

[Rick Rothstein]

My system is setup for the US regional locale, so I cannot test this for you, but I am nearly positive it will work for you. You do not need to use VB code to fix your dates, try this instead...

1) Select Column C

2) Click the "Text to Columns" button ("Data" tab, "Data Tools" panel)

3) Select the "Delimited" option, then click the "Next" button

4) Make sure the "Other" option is not checked, then click the "Next" button

5) Click the "Date" option and select "DMY" from its drop down.

6) Click the "Finish" button

If your Spanish system works like my US system, all your dates in Column C should now be real, correct dates.

 

[Paterson]

My system is setup for the US regional locale, so I cannot test this for you, but I am nearly positive it will work for you. You do not need to use VB code to fix your dates, try this instead...

1) Select Column C

2) Click the "Text to Columns" button ("Data" tab, "Data Tools" panel)

3) Select the "Delimited" option, then click the "Next" button

4) Make sure the "Other" option is not checked, then click the "Next" button

5) Click the "Date" option and select "DMY" from its drop down.

6) Click the "Finish" button

If your Spanish system works like my US system, all your dates in Column C should now be real, correct dates.

Thanks Rick Rothstein for taking the time to answer.
Your method works perfecly.