Sometimes we come across some dates which are formatted in US date format or in text format. When we try to find the Day, Month or Year out of it, we get an error. Usually, we use the excel Text-To-Column feature to format the date column with default options ( Delimited , not Fixed width ). This works for dates less than the 13th day of the month but not for dates greater than the 12th day of the month. Sometimes this becomes very painful especially if you are working on something which has to be delivered in a short span of time. In this situation, we need to dig deep into the Text-To-Column feature. In step 3, under Column data format, in Date, we should select either DMY or MDY to format the dates in the correct format. We may do this using VBA also and the codes are as follows: Let's say, our data is present in Column1 in Sheet1. 1) For Normal Format (Just Next-Next, default options) Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Range("A2") , DataType:=xlDelimited, _ ...