I recorded a macro to paste dates from a text file and the macro behaves differently and gives different results then when I recorded it. The macro stuffs up the dates which are pasted or stuffs up the date format and I cannot fix the result.
The action is part of a larger macro, but I have attached a simplified example which simulates the problem.
I have recorded the macro using macro record. While I record the result is correct. However when I replay the macro the date returned can be incorrect. Note my date format is d/mm/yy. The error only occurs for dates with the day less than 13! (Something to do with the month range 1 to 12???)
eg: date copied is 1/11/05 the result is 11/1/2005, however the date 28/10/05 copies correctly. BUT I repeat the error does not occur during live recording - it only occurs when playing the macro.
I have tested this on a second PC and it still occurs. I am using English (Australia) for region. I tested English (US) and the error still occurred.
I am interested to see if the same problem occurs for other users. You could quickly try this example yourself.
I attach 2 files dates.txt and dates.xls Simply copy the dates in dates.txt (to your clipboard), then within an excel file start recording a macro, then simply paste the dates. Stop macro recording. Now select another column and run the macro. Are the results the same? They weren't for me!
dates.xls has a macro (macro1) already. It also shows the results I got. All the macro does is
ActiveSheet.Paste
Cheers!
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