VBA - Change date language

Question

I\'m trying to solve such problem: In macro, that I\'m using, one of the parts is to retrieve date month (in full naming), currently is used :

LastMonth =          


        

Answer 1

Try this, found it on a forum and it seems to work.

Public Function Format_en(Datum As Date) As String 
Dim DD              As String 
Dim MMM             As String 
Dim YY              As String 

DD = Format(Datum, "dd") 
MMM = Choose(Month(Datum), "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December") 
YY = Format(Datum, "yy") 

Format_en = DD & "." & MMM & " " & YY 
End Function 

MsgBox Format_en(Date) 

Reference: http://www.office-loesung.de/ftopic99887_0_0_asc.php

Cheers

Answer 2

Just use [$-409] to force English number format.

.NumberFormat = "[$-409]mmmm yy"

gives an output like e.g. "December 19".

.NumberFormat = "[$-409]mmm yy"

gives an output like e.g. "Dec 19".

Answer 3

Excel formula TEXT allows defining output language, so one of the options is to use it's VBA equivalent:

LastMonth = WorksheetFunction.Text(Date - Day(Date), "[$-409]mmmm")