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Thanks to all those who have helped thus far and helped me refine the problem
I'm receiving a CSV file from a third party software application with date time stamp in UK format that can be read by the VBA as a US date format
My machines "Region and Language Settings" are set to English (United Kingdom) but if I use
Application.LanguageSettings.LanguageID(msoLanguageIDUI)
The result is 1033 - ie: English, US and not fitting my machine settings.
CSV is a file with columns as follows:
| report name | value | % | date |
CSV created by a program and saved by users - a direct save of the CSV to disk by the third party app results in CSV table rows as follows:
"Report name","264","2.2 %","08 Jul 2021 11:05" (this imports correctly)
If users open the CSV and then save from Excel the file is saved as follows (note no quotation marks and amended date format:
Report name,1,0.00%,01/07/2021 12:37 (this fails to import correctly - cell read by VBA as 7th Jan 21)
My code should be able to handle both situations.
I'm importing the CSV data as follows:
Set csvWB = Workbooks.Open(my_FileName)
Set csvData = csvWB.Worksheets(1)
Dim csvReportAr() As Variant 'array of reprot names from column one of the CSV
Dim csvNumberAr() As Variant 'array of values (report results) from col 2 of the CSV
Dim csvDateAr() As Date 'array of the dates the reports were run
Do While csvData.Cells(cellRow, 1).Value <> Empty
Do While csvData.Cells(cellRow, 1).Value <> Empty
ReDim Preserve csvReportAr(cellRow)
ReDim Preserve csvNumberAr(cellRow)
ReDim Preserve csvDateAr(cellRow)
csvReportAr(cellRow - 1) = csvData.Cells(cellRow, 1).Value
csvNumberAr(cellRow - 1) = csvData.Cells(cellRow, 2).Value
Debug.Print "cell value = " & csvData.Cells(cellRow, 4).Value
Debug.Print "Month (of cell value) = " & Month(csvDateAr(cellRow - 1))
csvDateAr(cellRow - 1) = convertDateUKtoUS(csvData.Cells(cellRow, 4).Value)
Debug.Print "Date value = " & csvDateAr(cellRow - 1)
Debug.Print "Month of date = " & Month(csvDateAr(cellRow - 1))
cellRow = cellRow + 1
Loop
the debug statements print the following:
cell value = 07/01/2021 06:45:00
Month (of cell value) = 12
Date value = 07/01/2021
The difficulty is that the date I'm trying to import here is listed as 01/07/2021 06:45:00 in the CSV (1st July) based on the text editor view of the CSV. Just reading this cell value it seems that the VBA assumes this is a date and stores as a date saved in US format.
I suspect this is a locale issue? My locale settings seem incongruous and other users might have erroneous locale settings as well so we should be able to account for this
Questions:
Can I force VBA to read the date-time stamp as a string and then parse manually to ensure read as date in UK format? - OR - Can I read as a date time stamp specifying a specific format to read with?
Can you advise on the issue with locale with VBA stating locale is English US whilst machine settings seem to be English UK?
Can I change the locale with VBA temporarily? (other posts I've read suggests this is not advised!)
Is my use of cell.value inappropriate?
Rest of post deleted as probably no longer relevant
Thanks to all contributors so far!
I have partial but inelegant solution - I hope others can do better than me. I still can't work out why the UK date is being parsed to a US date automatically.
Thanks to all for their help as I could not have got my project to work without your helpful comments.
My partial solution:
Read the data from the CSV, assuming it may have been parsed incorrectly
If day(importDate) <=12 we are at risk of erroneous date import
create an alternate date with transposed days /months from the importDate
Use a vbYesNo MsgBox to get user to confirm which date is correct.
This works for my project as all dates in the single CSV file should be equal, You could use a similar solution of error checking a date for being read in US vs UK format if all dates in your CSV where recorded in the same format. However it will not help others who want to processes multiple CSVs or who may have a CSV with different date formats in it.
An alternative approach would be to read the csv file into an array using a CSV parser that lets you specify the file's date format, and then paste the array into a worksheet.
Here's such a parser (I'm the author):
https://github.com/PGS62/VBA-CSV
In this example, Data is pasted to a new worksheet.
Sub Demo()
Dim Data As Variant
Dim Target As Range
Data = CSVRead("c:\temp\datesukformat.csv", _
ConvertTypes:=True, _
Delimiter:=",", _
DateFormat:="D/M/Y")
Set Target = Application.Workbooks.Add.Worksheets(1).Cells(1, 1).Resize(UBound(Data, 1), UBound(Data, 2))
Target.value = Data
End Sub
I have cells that can either contain time in this format:
1625 (16 for 2016 and 25 for week 25)
Or in this format
2016-Q2 (Q2 means quarter 2 if the year)
When converting I want quarters to be the mid week of the quarter
2016-Q1 = 1608
2016-Q2 = 1620
2016-Q3 = 1633
2016-Q4 = 1646
I dont want to convert the times in the cell its in. I want to convert it to YYWW format for a formula for a timeline in another sheet. So I use help cells with the converted value and reference those instead of the values in the other sheet.
I have done this with nested if functions resulting in mile long formulas because the timeline needs to be very long and the time can very well be 2025-Q3.
a =IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2016-Q1";1608;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2016-Q2";1620;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2016-Q3";1633;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2016-Q4";1646;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2017-Q1";1708;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2017-Q2";1720;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2017-Q3";1733;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2017-Q4";1746;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2018-Q1";1808;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2018-Q2";1820;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2018-Q3";1833;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2018-Q4";1846;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2019-Q1";1908;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2019-Q2";1920;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2019-Q3";1933;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2019-Q4";1946;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2020-Q1";2008;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2020-Q2";2020;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2020-Q3";2033;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2020-Q4";2046;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2021-Q1";2108;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2021-Q2";2120;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2021-Q3";2133;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2021-Q4";2146;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2022-Q1";2208;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2022-Q2";2220;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2022-Q3";2233;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2022-Q4";2246;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2023-Q1";2308;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2023-Q2";2320;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2023-Q3";2333;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2023-Q4";2346;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2024-Q1";2408;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2024-Q2";2420;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2024-Q3";2433;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2024-Q4";2446;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2025-Q1";2508;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2025-Q2";2520;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2025-Q3";2533;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2025-Q4";2546;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2026-Q1";2608;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2026-Q2";2620;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2026-Q3";2633;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2026-Q4";2646;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2027-Q1";2708;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2027-Q2";2720;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2027-Q3";2733;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2027-Q4";2746;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2028-Q1";2808;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2028-Q2";2820;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2028-Q3";2833;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2028-Q4";2846;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2029-Q1";2908;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2029-Q2";2920;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2029-Q3";2933;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2029-Q4";2946;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2030-Q1";3008;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2030-Q2";3020;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2030-Q3";3033;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2030-Q4";3046;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2031-Q1";3108;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2031-Q2";3120;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2031-Q3";3146;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2031-Q4";3146;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2032-Q1";3208;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2032-Q2";3220;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2032-Q3";3233;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2032-Q4";3246;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2033-Q1";3308;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2033-Q2";3320;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2033-Q3";3333;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2033-Q4";3346;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2034-Q1";3408;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2034-Q2";3420;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2034-Q3";3433;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2034-Q4";3446;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2035-Q1";3508;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2035-Q2";3520;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2035-Q3";3533;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2035-Q4";3546;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2036-Q1";3608;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2036-Q2";3620;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2036-Q3";3633;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2036-Q4";3646;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2037-Q1";3708;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2037-Q2";3720;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2037-Q3";3733;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2037-Q4";3746;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2038-Q1";3808;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2038-Q2";3820;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2038-Q3";3833;IF('Gulpilspuls NT'!U4="2038-Q4";3846;'Gulpilspuls NT'!U4))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
As you can clearly see this method is not the best. I cant make it this long because nested if functions can only contain 64 levels of nesting. Do you guys have a better suggestion for this?
The formula has to work with both formats of time entry and I need it to be able to convert all the cells 1:1 meaning 1 cell in the calendar has to be 1 converted cell in the other spot that I can use for the formula. If the cell in the calendar does not have YYYY-Q1234? it should just show what it is instead as you can see at the end of my formula.
Here is your formula.
=IF(AND(LEN(C6)=4,ISERROR(FIND("-",C6))),C6,MID(C6,3,2)&INDEX({"08",20,33,46},RIGHT(C6,1)))
Make sure there is no excess space in your data. Not like this "2016-Q1 ", but like this "2016-Q1".
EDIT: I just realized that if the original is in the format of YYWW, that you do NOT want it changed to the mid quarter week number. So we simplify the formulas:
=IF(ISNUMBER(-A1),A1,MID(A1,3,2) & CHOOSE(RIGHT(A1,1),"08",20,33,46))
and if you want YYWW to always be rendered as numeric:
=1*IF(ISNUMBER(-A1),A1,MID(A1,3,2) & CHOOSE(RIGHT(A1,1),"08",20,33,46))
And here are the results for various samples:
EDIT: If you need to check for blanks, you can do this simply:
=IF(LEN(A1)=0,"",1*IF(ISNUMBER(-A1),A1,MID(A1,3,2) & CHOOSE(RIGHT(A1,1),"08",20,33,46)))
However, if a 0 will not result in a downstream problem, you can use the original, shorter formula, and merely use a custom format to suppress zero returns: 0;;
And if you need to check for other conditions for which you don't want to process, you can perform similar actions.
something like this should do it, however, mid way through Q1, is week 6, so you'll need to adjust if your year doesn't start at 1/1
Function get_week(strInput As String) As String
Dim strQ As String
Dim bytQ As Byte
Dim dblMultiplier As Double
Dim intWeekNumber As Integer
strQ = Split(strInput, "-")(0)
bytQ = CByte(Right(strQ, 1))
dblMultiplier = (bytQ - 1) / 4
intWeekNumber = (dblMultiplier * 52)
intWeekNumber = intWeekNumber + (13 / 2)
get_week = Split(strInput, "-")(1) & "-" & CStr(intWeekNumber)
End Function
Let me try again
="20"&LEFT(N5,2)&IF(MOD(N5,100)<=8,"-Q1",IF(MOD(N5,100)<=20,"-Q2",IF(MOD(N5,100)<=33,"-Q3",if(MOD(N5,100)<=46,"-Q4","-Q1"))))
Should work for everything past year 2000 ;)
Ok so I am making a sheet where a user would select a value from a dropdown and then needs to see the required parameters based on the selection.
Example:
If i select X from the drop down then three new input fields would be created and formatted as input cells with the parameter as the default value (so the yellowish orange input format with default text explaining what the parameter is -- like start date for one then the next end date)
My start:
Sub test()
If ActiveCell = "setEnrollnet" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1) = startDate
ActiveCell.Offset(1).EntireRow.Insert
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 1) = 0
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2) = endDate
ActiveCell.Offset(1).EntireRow.Insert
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 2) = 0
End If
End Sub
This does not work well and it does not apply formatting. I need help figuring out how to do both format and input the correct text based on selection in another cell.
I suggest - for each value in the drop down list - you define the input fields in a seperate sheet, together with field labels and formats. After selection from the drodown, you scan the parameter table and copy whatever is listed for that parameter to your input sheet.
Example (range named InputParams):
ParamVal InputLabel InputField
X StartDate (empty but formatted)
X EndDate (empty but formatted)
Y Foo default_Foo
Y Bar default_Bar
Upon selecting "X" from the dropdown list you walk through InputParams and,
If InputParams(Idx, 1) = DropDownValue Then copy cells InputParams(Index,2) and InputParams(Index,3) to your input range - by default formats are copied along with content.
It is desireable to define a named range also for Input, giving it a size of maximum parameters expected, so that you can clear content and formats with one single statement prior to re-populating this range when walking through the InputParams list.
I am currently learning VBA programming by doing, and have encountered the below situation with which I would appreciate your help. Ideally not just in finding a solution, but also to understand how and why the solution works.
Say that there is a database from which one can export a spreadsheet of data. One of the columns has date values, but they are badly formatted from the export. The system sends the dates as mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM, for example, 04/11/2014 09:24 AM, but the spreadsheet has this identified as dd/mm/..., meaning it enters 04 as the day and 11 as the month.
Within this column, if the day is before or including 12 of the month, the cell is formatted as date. If the day is past the 12th, the cell is formatted with a general format.
My question is, could I write a VBA macro that could reverse the values for day and month and create the correct dates in a new column? I would think that it would first have to identify if a cell is formatted as date, and then somehow extract the date and month in the correct positions, or if it's formatted as a general format, and then use a different code to extract the correct date.
If this is too basic an issue for this community and there's another community more suited, I will gladly repost my question there.
EDIT:
After my comment below I played around with functions and looked for other similar functions that may help do what I need, switch the day value with the month value, and so far I have:
'for dates with general format: 04/14/2014 11:20 AM
=DATE(MID(A1,7,4),LEFT(A1,2),MID(A1,4,2)) 'in a column for the date
=TIME(MID(A1,12,2),MID(A1,15,2),"00") 'in a column for time, since I may need this
'for dates with a date format: 4/11/2014 7:35:00 PM
=DATE(TEXT(A1,"yyyy"),TEXT(A1,"dd"),TEXT(A1,"mm")) 'in a column for the date
=TEXT(A1,"hh:mm AM/PM") 'in a column for time
Now I just need to figure out a conditional function to identify when to apply each set of formulas according to the values or formatting or column A.
But are there equivalent functions to achieve this through VBA? I need these date and time columns to only hold values, not formulas, so that I may export the data out of them directly. And somehow putting this in VBA code seems more "clean" to me, using formulas feels to me like a volatile solution. I'm not sure how to explain this properly, but I'm somehow more confortable with proper coding behind my data manipulation.
EDIT2:
I've resolved the worksheet functions solution as below. It took me a while to figure out how to go around the FIND error with date formatted cells, and only found the IFERROR function by chance in the list Excel suggests when writing =IF.
'to get the correct date
=IF(IFERROR(FIND("/",A1),0)>0,DATE(MID(A1,7,4),LEFT(A1,2),MID(A1,4,2)),DATE(TEXT(A1,"yyyy"),TEXT(A1,"dd"),TEXT(A1,"mm")))
'to get the correct time
=IF(IFERROR(FIND("/",A1),0)>0,TIME(MID(A1,12,2),MID(A1,15,2),"00"),TEXT(A1,"h:mm AM/PM"))
Now at least I have a working solution, but I'm still interested in a VBA translation for these formulas and will continue searching for these.
Check this out. Let's take for example your formula:
=IF(IFERROR(FIND("/",A1),0)>0,DATE(MID(A1,7,4),LEFT(A1,2),MID(A1,4,2)),DATE(TEXT(A1,"yyyy"),TEXT(A1,"dd"),TEXT(A1,"mm")))
VBA equivalent functions:
Find = Instr
Date = DateSerial
Text = Format (not exactly the same but the nearest)
Code equivalent:
Dim mydate As Date
Dim myformat As String
myformat = "mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM"
If InStr(1, [A1], "/") > 0 Then
mydate = DateSerial(Mid(Format([A1], myformat), 7, 4), _
Left(Format([A1], myformat), 2), Mid(Format([A1], myformat), 4, 2))
Else
mydate = DateSerial(Year([A1]), Month([A1]), Day([A1]))
End If
[B1] = mydate
Take note that [A1] is a shortcut Evaluate function which can also be written as Evaluate("A1").
I used that to refer to Cell A1 as in your formula. You can use the conventional Range Object reference like this: Range("A1"). I used the shortcut because it looks cleaner. But it is not advisable in huge data sets.
For your time formula:
=IF(IFERROR(FIND("/",A1),0)>0,TIME(MID(A1,12,2),MID(A1,15,2),"00"),TEXT(A1,"h:mm AM/PM"))
Code Equivalent:
Dim mytime As Date
If InStr(1, [A1], "/") > 0 Then
mytime = TimeValue([A1])
Else
'~~> myformat is declared above
mytime = TimeValue(Format([A1], myformat))
End If
[C1] = mytime
You can also check the format of the cell like below:
Select Case True
Case [A1].NumberFormat = "General"
mydate = DateSerial(Year([A1]), Month([A1]), Day([A1]))
mytime = TimeValue(Format([A1], myformat))
Case [A1].NumberFormat = myformat '~~> again this is declared above
mydate = DateSerial(Mid(Format([A1], myformat), 7, 4), _
Left(Format([A1], myformat), 2), Mid(Format([A1], myformat), 4, 2))
mytime = TimeValue([A1])
Case Else
MsgBox "Invalid Format. Cannot be evaluated"
End Select
[B1] = mydate: [C1] = mytime
Not sure if above will really solve your problem.
There are just many possibilities when you extract datetime stamp from a database.
If the scenarios you mentioned are only the problems you encounter, then above solutions might work.
This is now an old thread but in case anyone else stumbles upon it (as I did) with a similar problem, I'm just offering this up.
My suggested VBA function for this is shown below. Its style doesn't strictly follow purist programming practice (declaration of variables, etc); it's written, rather, to be relatively easily comprehensible.
Function Date_Text_Convert( _
date_text As String, _
return_with_month_letters As Boolean, _
return_as_date_time_value As Boolean)
' Patrick S., June 2018
' Intention: to enable mm/dd/yyyy[etc] imported text-string dates
' to be switched to dd/mm/yyyy[etc]. Can be adapted for other cases.
' Usage examples: if cell A2 contains the text-string:
' 06/26/2018 09:24 AM
' then in, for example, cell B2, type:
' =Date_Text_Convert(A2,TRUE,FALSE) or =Date_Text_Convert(A2,FALSE,FALSE)
' which returns:
' 26-Jun-2018 09:24 am or 26/06/2018 09:24 am
' To return a date-and-time value instead of a string, use, for example:
' =Date_Text_Convert(A2,TRUE,TRUE)
' establish the positions where the day and month digits start
daypos = 4
mthpos = 1
rempos = 7 ' starting position of remaining part of the string
' establish the length of the relevant text sections: 2 characters each, in this case
daylen = 2
mthlen = 2
' so that,
daytext = Mid(date_text, daypos, daylen)
mthtext = Mid(date_text, mthpos, mthlen)
remtext = Mid(date_text, rempos, 999) ' the remainder of the text string
' format the output according to 'return_with_month_letters'
' there are 2 options available, each using a different separator
sep_stroke = "/"
sep_hyphen = "-"
If return_with_month_letters = True Then
mthnum = mthtext * 1
mthindex = ((mthnum - 1) * 3) + 1
mthname = Mid("JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec", mthindex, 3)
newtext = daytext & sep_hyphen & mthname & sep_hyphen & LCase(remtext) ' LCase optional
Else
newtext = daytext & sep_stroke & mthtext & sep_stroke & UCase(remtext) ' UCase optional
End If
' finally, return the output through the function name: either as a date, or as the text equivalent
If return_as_date_time_value = True Then
newdate = DateValue(newtext) + TimeValue(newtext)
Date_Text_Convert = newdate
Else
Date_Text_Convert = newtext
End If
End Function
I'm looking for a simple macro to specify cells as being of type "time" and typing only numbers (for example "955") will format that (and recognise as) "hh:mm" time. In other words, by typing "955", the cell would interpret to "09:55", whereas all I can have it do right now is interpret to "1902-08-12 00:00:00" (most likely 955 is the day number for 1902-08-12).
EDIT:
Part of the need for this is to allow calculation of times post typing (for example, substract two time values to get a timespan, or add several timespans to get a total).
VBA code:
Dim val As String
val = myCell.Value
Dim newval As String
If Len(val) = 2 Then
newval = "00:" & val
ElseIf Len(val) = 3 Then
newval = "0" & Left(val, 1) & ":" & Right(val, 2)
ElseIf Len(val) = 4 Then
newval = Left(val, 2) & ":" & Right(val, 2)
Else
newval = "Not a valid time"
End If
myCell.Value = newval
This code does not detect if the last two digits are a valid time (greater than 59 minutes), but otherwise it should handle most cases.
You'll also need to add a case if someone types in 1 digit, ie. 1 thru 9 minutes after midnight.
If you want it to be formatted as an actual time (date-time type), then change the formatting of the cell to hh:mm.
The value typed in, for example 955, must be manipulated to produce a fraction of a day.
pseudocode:
(left(myCell,len(myCell)-2) + (right(myCell,2)/60)) / 24
This produces the proper decimal value for how much of the day has elapsed and thus will display as a proper 'Time' in the cell with hh:mm formatting.
This isn't the VBA, but a formula that will change the formatting. You could incorporate this into VBA if you wanted to, but should help as a jumping point.
=TIMEVALUE(IF(LEN(A5)=3,"0"&LEFT(A5,1)&":",LEFT(A5,2)&":")&RIGHT(A5,2))
(If A5 is the cell where you enter 955)
(Also, make sure to format the formula cell as your desired time formatting.)
I can help with the code if needed. Just post back.
For some reason Excel does not allow to use ":" in your custom format.
But if you OK with another delimiter, say dash "-", then you can simply create a custom format like this: ##-##
Of course your time has to be in 24 hours format.
Alternatively, you may first enter all your times just like numbers (or better as text if you don't want to lose trailing zeros). And then run your script to insert semicolons between hours and minutes.