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Date Formatting
I agree with the merit of saving the original data, but my point was that if
it doesn't allow the column width to be reduced, what is the point of having it wrap to multiple lines, why not just use a simple form of 'dddd dd mmmm yyyy' which still preserves the data. That is why I never use that technique, I see absolutely no merit in it. A typical example of a good idea badly implemented in Excel IMO (... don't get me started on charts and pivot tables vbg). Regards Bob (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct) "Roger Govier" wrote in message ... Hmmm.... I can see the absolute merit of Dave's keeping the date in a format for use in further calculations (how are we going to do all those SP formulae otherwise Bobvbg). I can also see the OP's desire for having a nice formatting. Me, Id' just have a good old compromise and do both. Have a hidden column B and write the date value to that cell from my code, unformatted, and then use that column if I needed to do any calculations. -- Regards Roger Govier "Bob Phillips" wrote in message ... In that case, why would you want the wrap-around? -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct) "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I'd say nullify. I (still) think that it depends on the circumstance. If this were a header for a column full of wide descriptions, then I wouldn't care at all. Bob Phillips wrote: It is good that it keeps the original value, but the fact that you have to allow cell width to cater for the full text string nullifies the usefulness of this technique IMO. Bob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... One of the nicer things about using format is that the value stays a date, too. So it makes doing date arithmetic a little easier if you need it later. Roger Govier wrote: Hey, that's quite sneaky Dave. I would never have thought about entering control characters into the number format. Very effective. -- Regards Roger Govier "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You can use format|cells|number tab Give it a custom format of: dddd(alt-0010)dd mmmm yyyy Hit and hold the alt key while typing 0010 on the numeric keypad--not above the QWERTY keys. And turn on wrap text format|cells|alignment tab But be aware that you'll have to adjust the rowheight yourself (autofitting won't work). And if you make the cell too narrow for the whole string (not after wrapping text), you'll see ###'s. ==== Another format to consider: dddd* dd mmmm yyyy This works pretty neat when you widen the column. Big Rick wrote: Hello Fellow Excellers. When I enter a date in a cell and give it a long format. e.g. dddd dd mmmm yyyy, so that it would read Monday 1 January 2006, then the wrap text facility does not work. Is there any way to put in an 'alt-enter' type character so that I could have the Monday on the first line and the rest underneath. -- Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in anticipation. --- --- --- Big Rick -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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No other reason than "just because".
Actually, I like this format much better: dddd* mm/dd/yyyy But that's just my opinion. Bob Phillips wrote: In that case, why would you want the wrap-around? -- HTH Bob Phillips (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct) "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... I'm not sure I'd say nullify. I (still) think that it depends on the circumstance. If this were a header for a column full of wide descriptions, then I wouldn't care at all. Bob Phillips wrote: It is good that it keeps the original value, but the fact that you have to allow cell width to cater for the full text string nullifies the usefulness of this technique IMO. Bob "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... One of the nicer things about using format is that the value stays a date, too. So it makes doing date arithmetic a little easier if you need it later. Roger Govier wrote: Hey, that's quite sneaky Dave. I would never have thought about entering control characters into the number format. Very effective. -- Regards Roger Govier "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... You can use format|cells|number tab Give it a custom format of: dddd(alt-0010)dd mmmm yyyy Hit and hold the alt key while typing 0010 on the numeric keypad--not above the QWERTY keys. And turn on wrap text format|cells|alignment tab But be aware that you'll have to adjust the rowheight yourself (autofitting won't work). And if you make the cell too narrow for the whole string (not after wrapping text), you'll see ###'s. ==== Another format to consider: dddd* dd mmmm yyyy This works pretty neat when you widen the column. Big Rick wrote: Hello Fellow Excellers. When I enter a date in a cell and give it a long format. e.g. dddd dd mmmm yyyy, so that it would read Monday 1 January 2006, then the wrap text facility does not work. Is there any way to put in an 'alt-enter' type character so that I could have the Monday on the first line and the rest underneath. -- Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in anticipation. --- --- --- Big Rick -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Actually, I like this format much better: dddd* mm/dd/yyyy So do I. |
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I did finally get Bob' code to work by pre formatting the cells. As you can
see from the previous post, I was trying to input the date into cell H1. Thanks for the suggestions as to why it didnt work. Many thanks to Bob also. Many Regards -- Big Rick "Max" wrote: .. I did get Rogers code to work, I couldn't with Bobs', Big Rick (as posted in the other branch), With Bob's sub implemented properly, Select and *pre-format* the designated input range: H1:H10 as Custom: dddd dd mmmm yyyy Then test by inputting some dates within H1:H10 When you press ENTER to commit each input, Bob's code will return exactly what you're after (My guess is you either didn't pre-format H1:H10 beforehand, or you might have tried out the inputs elsewhere .. in A1, A2?? [I dunno]. But don't ask me why Bob prefers "H1:H10" instead of "A1:A10" as the assumed source input range g) -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- Singapore, GMT+8 xdemechanik http://savefile.com/projects/236895 -- |
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Glad to hear you got it to work!
And thanks for posting back As you can see from the previous post, I was trying to input the date into cell H1 ... Yes, you did. Overlooked this earlier, apologies -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Big Rick" wrote in message ... I did finally get Bob' code to work by pre formatting the cells. As you can see from the previous post, I was trying to input the date into cell H1. Thanks for the suggestions as to why it didnt work. Many thanks to Bob also. Many Regards -- Big Rick |
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