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MHT1974

Copper Contributor

Mar 24, 2025

Solved

VBA to convert MMM DD YYYY to date

Hi All, I am looking for an Excel VBA code that would e.g. check in Col D if the date is already in date format and if not convert it from text to date format and repeat this for all populated cell...

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HansVogelaar

Apr 07, 2025

Thank you. Try this:

Sub Convert2Date()
    Dim rng As Range
    Dim cel As Range
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    On Error Resume Next
    Set rng = Range(Range("D2"), Range("D" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    rng.NumberFormat = "m/d/yyyy"
    For Each cel In rng
        cel.Value = CDate(cel.Value)
    Next cel
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

HansVogelaar

MVP

Mar 24, 2025

Sub Test()
    Dim rng As Range
    Dim parts() As String
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    For Each rng In Range(Range("D2"), Range("D" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
        If Application.IsText(rng.Value) Then
            parts = Split(rng.Value)
            If UBound(parts) > 0 Then
                rng.Value = DateValue(parts(1) & "-" & parts(0) & "-" & parts(2))
            Else
                parts = Split(rng.Value, "/")
                If UBound(parts) > 0 Then
                    rng.Value = DateSerial(parts(2), parts(1), parts(0))
                End If
            End If
        End If
    Next rng
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

MHT1974

Copper Contributor

Mar 25, 2025

Good morning Hans, thx so much for the speedy response.
When testing this I get a Run Time Error '13', see below

And here's a snippet of what the spreadsheet Col D looked like before running the VBA.

Would appreciate any further advise pls