XL: Changing an Integer to a Microsoft Excel Serial Number

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

Many programs export dates as integers. In order to use these numbers in calculations, you must first convert the integer dates into serial numbers which Microsoft Excel can recognize as dates.

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   Sub DateToSerial()

       ' Set MyDate equal to the contents of the selected cell.
       Set MyDate = Application.ActiveCell

       ' Set MyYear, MyMonth, and MyDay to the two left, two middle, and
       ' two right characters, respectively.
       MyYear = Left(MyDate, 2)
       MyMonth = Mid(MyDate, 3, 2)
       MyDay = Right(MyDate, 2)

       ' Replaces contents of the selected cell with the
       ' Microsoft Excel Serial Date.
       MyDate.Value = DateSerial(MyYear, MyMonth, MyDay)

   End Sub