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| From | dpb <none@none.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | microsoft.public.excel.programming |
| Subject | Re: Check how date is entered |
| Date | 2018-05-05 11:32 -0500 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <pckmbk$17tr$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <pcj274$u2s$1@dont-email.me> <pcjd0h$147c$1@gioia.aioe.org> <pcjpj9$m8e$1@dont-email.me> <pck7ln$gck$1@gioia.aioe.org> <pckcqk$pb3$1@dont-email.me> |
On 5/5/2018 8:50 AM, GS wrote: > No contest on the above... > > >> I've re-read the OPs ? and _guess_ I now think he probably was meaning >> retrieved from a cell and therefore already in Excel so knowing which >> way the cell is formatted answers the question. > > Exactly my point; - using a textual format eliminates the ambiguity! ... My point was that if it is formatted as a date in Excel there's never any ambiguity as to what Excel thinks it is -- the question for such as OP gave is whether the format itself is the correct one for the given input string -- and _THAT_ question is indeterminate from only the data OP provided. There's a _visual_ ambiguity to the user if they don't know whether the originator of the spreadsheet (or they forget themselves) whether the format is mm/dd or dd/mm and all there is contained in the particular cell or group of cells are month/day combinations that are in range from 1:12 so there is no other unambiguous reference. That's the question that any VBA or cell function can answer for those cells; it still can't answer the question of whether those values when entered were indeed in the one format or the other of the two choices before being input to the cell with that formatting/interpretation. Changing to mmm can remove that visual ambiguity; even that can't resolve the underlying question on the actual value, it can reflect the chosen coding of the underlying cell in a different display format. --
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Check how date is entered jan120253@gmail.com - 2018-05-04 00:31 -0700
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 07:46 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> - 2018-05-04 15:55 +0000
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 12:43 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-04 17:37 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 18:49 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-04 21:42 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-04 23:46 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 04:21 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 07:21 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 09:50 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 09:05 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 10:33 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 10:57 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 20:51 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-05 11:32 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-05 21:19 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-06 07:46 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-06 09:37 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-06 20:37 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-06 19:53 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-06 21:03 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 00:06 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 03:14 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 07:45 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 13:06 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 13:53 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> - 2018-05-08 08:19 +1200
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 15:35 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 17:38 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 17:26 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 00:19 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 01:31 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 07:45 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 09:45 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 14:34 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 14:09 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 17:06 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 13:48 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 15:02 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 14:59 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 17:04 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 18:53 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-08 21:12 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 23:51 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-09 07:20 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-09 11:32 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-09 11:35 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-09 15:03 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-09 15:18 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 13:34 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 13:44 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 17:40 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 17:50 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-08 00:02 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered jan120253@gmail.com - 2018-05-07 01:45 -0700
Re: Check how date is entered jan120253@gmail.com - 2018-05-07 01:52 -0700
Re: Check how date is entered dpb <none@none.net> - 2018-05-07 08:16 -0500
Re: Check how date is entered GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2018-05-07 13:10 -0400
Re: Check how date is entered Ramon-México <cesaramon@gmail.com> - 2018-05-07 22:03 -0700
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