Workbooks.OpenText not parsing csv files properly Excel 2016

Question

I\'m pretty sure this worked properly in previous versions of Excel

Test File:

d/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss
5/12/1999 6:01:12
30/11/2001 5:00:00

Answer 1

It seems like this might be the same issue addressed in this thread:

Opening CSV files in Excel 2016

CSV files are Character Separated Value files, not Comma separated. For more than half the world the separator character is semicolon (;), not a comma (,)

Excel 2016 properly respects your Windows regional settings, and uses the specified "List separator" character

One solution is to change your regional settings for the "List separator" attribute to the character you want Excel to default to using, e.g. a comma (,)

This can be changed in:

Control Panel / Region / Additional Settings / List separator: