Excel VBA Date in wrong format

[Dan Nielsen]

I need to export data from a excel file to a CSV file (to use for import in MailChimp) using VBA. I have dates in columns and in excel (* .xlsm) dates are correct, but after they are copied to * .CSV and I open the * CSV file again, some dates are not correct.


I have checked that all cells in the columns are in the format "date" in *.xlms but in *.CSV some is "standard" and some is "date".


Can I possibly Convert all dates into text in an easy way with a simple VBA command?
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[TD="align: right"]29-02-2016[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]29-02-2016[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]25-09-2017[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]09-10-2017[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]06-01-2018[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]01-03-2016[/TD]
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[TD]2/29/2016[/TD]
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[TD]2/29/2016[/TD]
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[TD]9/25/2017[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]10-09-2017[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]01-06-2018[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]03-01-2016[/TD]
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[Special-K99]

Excel's probably picking up your regional settings as set in Windows.
What date format do you use on your PC mm-dd-yyyy?

Does this work

=TEXT(A1,"dd-mm-yyyy")

and write that out to the CSV file instead of the date.

 

[Dan Nielsen]

My PC is in dd-mm-yyyy

alle dates in *.xlms are cells with "date" format. But when i open the *.CSV in excel some are in "date" format and some are in "standard" format.
I need all date/dates ind alle cells of the columns to be mm-dd-yyyy. I don't think is matters if it is "date", "text", or "standard" format. It just need to be the same
it needs to be done in VBA

 

[Special-K99]

Open the CSV file using an editor so you see what the date actually looks likes otherwise Excel will assume things.