Need to convert entire column value in to a mm/dd/yyyy - vba

Question

Hi my date is in the format yyyymmdd, for eg 20151025 and I need it it mm/dd/yyyy for eg 10/25/2015. I saw many codes but I am confused as it doesn't work when I run or give exactly what I want including one on MSDN. can anyone help?

Answer 1

Select the cells you wish to "fix" and run this short macro:
Sub INeedaDate()
Dim r As Range
For Each r In Selection
v = r.Text
r.Value = DateSerial(Left(v, 4), Mid(v, 5, 2), Right(v, 2))
r.NumberFormat = "mm/dd/yyyy"
Next r
End Sub

Answer 2

Mid(Str,5,2) & "/" & right(Str,2) & "/" & left(Str,4)

Answer 3

Here is simple one
ActiveSheet.Name = Format$(Date, "MM/DD/YYYY")

Answer 4

This formula will make it a date: =DATE(LEFT(A2,4),MID(A2,5,2),RIGHT(A2,2)) and drag down then format the cell into whatever date format you want (MM/DD/YYYY).
You pass a year, month and day into the date formula, we use Left, Mid and Right to chop up the input.
The reason I suggest this is because the date then is an actual date with a number that represents the MS Excel timecode as opposed to text masked as a date, it also removes any issues between different date systems.