I wish to automatically convert a date in a cell to VB variables of type character that represents the 2 digit day, 2 digit month and 4 digit year components of the date. I can then use the variables to append to a file name variable and so save dated versions of the file and subsequently open historical files.
[Solved] Converting Date to component parts
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You can alternatively use the following formulae, cumbersome though they may be, they work. If your date is in cell A1, and your separators are "." then :
=MID(A1,1,FIND(".",A1,1)-1)*1=RIGHT(LEFT(A1,SEARCH(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,1)+1)-1),SEARCH(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,1)+1)-FIND(".",A1,1)-1)*1
=MID(A1,SEARCH(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,1)+1)+1,FIND(".",A1,SEARCH(".",A1,FIND(".",A1,1)+1))-1)*1
I'm sure you could make it easier, but it works irrespective of number of digits.
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You also might consider the following formulas in cells C1:C3.
=TEXT(DAY(A$1),"00")
=TEXT(MONTH(A$1),"00")
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