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How to display date format in combo box output in Excel?

Author Siluvia Last modified

Supposing you have added a date list into a combo box. When selecting date from the combo box, the date will be displayed as series number in the combo box as below screenshot shown. How to display date format in combo box output in Excel? You can try the method in this article.

A screenshot of a combo box displaying date as a serial number

Display date format in combo box output with VBA code

Display date format in combo box output with VBA code

The following VBA code can help display dates in a specific format in the combo box output in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Make sure the Design Mode is turned on under the Developer tab. See screenshot:

A screenshot showing the Developer tab in Excel with Design Mode enabled

2. Right-click the combo box with dates you want to display in date format, then click View Code from the right-clicking menu.

A screenshot showing the View Code option for the combo box in Excel

3. Then the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window pops up, please replace the original VBA code in the Code window with the below VBA code.

VBA code: Display date format in combo box output in Excel

Private Sub ComboBox1_Click()
    ActiveSheet.ComboBox1.Value = Format(ActiveSheet.ComboBox1.Value, "mm/dd/yyyy")
End Sub

Note: in the code, ComboBox1 is the name of the combo box, “mm/dd/yyyy” is the date format you will display in the combo box output.

4. Press the Alt + Q keys to close the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, and turn off the Design Mode under the Developer tab.

From now on, when selecting a date from the combo box, it will display in the specified date format instead of as a serial number.

A screenshot showing the combo box displaying the date in a specified format

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