Excel date format to message box

#1

In my excel, this is my date format:
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but in the message box it is
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PLEASE HELPPPP. I want the message box to display the same as the excel

#2

Try this Datetime.ParseExact(yourdatevariable,“mm/dd/yyyy”,Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
also refer this post it may help

#3

@qaz1 follow this url Excel split month and year from date

#4

Hi thanks for the reply.

Now i am reading it cell by cell. So it does not work.

#5

I am reading cell by cell. So i think that URL does not apply to me…

Sorry I am new to uipath

#6

Use in message box dateValue.ToString(“dd/MM/yyyy”). Where dateValue - your datetime variable.

#7

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still the same result…

#8

@qaz1 Can you attach your workflow and excel file

#9

qaz.xaml (6.2 KB)
A2407.xlsx (9.1 KB)

#10

@qaz1 check attached updated file is working

qaz.xaml (6.2 KB)

Change date from excel
#11

Thank you very much. Actually I must input my excel to a third party system. So i was just trying it out at a message box first. So do you mind telling me what you did?

#12

just changed data type from generic to date

#13

Ohhh okay. Thank you so much!!!