Nov 27 2019 01:08 PM
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)
I already tried with another scripts but the problem stays.
Thank you for the help!
Nov 27 2019 01:23 PM
@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")
Nov 27 2019 01:25 PM - edited Nov 27 2019 01:26 PM
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.
Nov 28 2019 05:21 AM
@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?
Nov 28 2019 05:53 AM - edited Nov 28 2019 05:58 AM
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.
Dec 02 2019 11:53 AM
@alandorss Thank you very much, this helped a lot with the long execution time.