How to make match() work with date in excel vba?

Question

I\'m having problem making the match() work in excel VBA. The code is:

x = Application.Match(\"Sep 2008\", Range(\"F1:F1\"), 0)

The value i

Answer 1

I know this post is old, but I had the same issue, and did find the answer.

To make it work, you first need to make VBA see the same data formatting as it appears in your excel spreadsheet :

YourVar = Format("YourDate","mmm-yyyy") YourResult = Application.match(Clng(Cdate(YourVar)), YourRange, 0)

Regards

Gilles