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renantropico
Copper Contributor
Nov 27, 2019

Import txt VBA macro changing date format in random cells

Hello!

Every time that I run a vba script to import an specific txt file, it changes the date format of some cells.

If I do the import manually, it doesn't change anything.


I'm from Brazil so we use dd/mm/yyyy format. The txt file is using the brazil's format. But somehow when I use the VBA code, some cells import randomly with the different format.

(Left image) Using the VBA script

(Right image) Importing manually (File>open>search for the .txt>etc)
Using VBAManually

 

I already tried with another scripts but the problem stays.

Thank you for the help!

BI & Data Analysis
excel
Formulas and Functions
Macros and VBA

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  • alandorss's avatar
    alandorss
    Brass Contributor
    Nov 27, 2019

    renantropico Ohhh date formats. I changed my input language to german and what a pain! In anycase, have you had any luck with the format function? format(now(), "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss")

    • renantropico's avatar
      renantropico
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 28, 2019

      alandorss 

      Hey!
      Thank you for the help

      This works but I have more than 2000 lines to do it. It takes so long line by line.

      I did this:

      n = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

      For i = 1 To n
      Cells(i, 16) = Format(Cells(i, 15), "dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm:ss")
      Next i

       

      Any type to go faster?

      • alandorss's avatar
        alandorss
        Brass Contributor
        Nov 28, 2019

        Hi, I found this helps quite a bit. disable calculation and also screen updating. Run the disable before the code and then enable it after. Use caution as if you hit an error, your sheet will be in calculation manual. run the enablescreenupdating by itself to change it back

         

         

        Sub subDisableScreenUpdating()
    With Excel.Application
        .ScreenUpdating = FALSE
        .Calculation = Excel.xlCalculationManual
        .EnableEvents = FALSE
    End With
End Sub

Sub subEnableScreenUpdating()
    With Excel.Application
        .ScreenUpdating = TRUE
        .Calculation = Excel.xlCalculationAutomatic
        .EnableEvents = TRUE
    End With
End Sub

         

        Have a look but maybe there is a way to format a range vs a cell.

         

    • alandorss's avatar
      alandorss
      Brass Contributor
      Nov 27, 2019

      The dirty way that I had to deal with this was by literally concatenating a bunch of strings forcing formatting to be the exact way I needed it to be.

      Dim strStartTime, strEndTime As String
      strStartTime = Month(rpStartTime) & "/" & Day(rpStartTime) & "/" & Year(rpStartTime)

      you could add in the minutes, hours, and seconds with colons need be.

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