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vba convert week number (and year) to date?


I have a week number in Cell C13 and a year in Cell C14.

I am using the below formula to convert this into the Thursday of that week number's date:

=DATE(C14,1,-6)-WEEKDAY(DATE(C14,1,3))+C13*7

How could I do the same thing using VBA?


Solution

  • For a specific year, you can do it like this :

    DateAdd("ww", WeekNumber - 1, DateSerial(2017, 1, 5))
    

    And to test it :

    Debug.Print Format(DateAdd("ww", WeekNumber - 1, DateSerial(YearNumber, 1, 5)), "ddd d MMM yy")
    

    If others are looking into this and don't want a Thursday or don't work on 2017 :

    1. change the 5 to fit your need!

    2. Or use the below function GetDayFromWeekNumber

    Code to test it :

    Sub test()
        Debug.Print Format(GetDayFromWeekNumber(2017, 1, 4), "ddd d MMM yyyy")
    End Sub
    

    And the generic function GetDayFromWeekNumber :

    Public Function GetDayFromWeekNumber(InYear As Integer, _
                    WeekNumber As Integer, _
                    Optional DayInWeek1Monday7Sunday As Integer = 1) As Date
        Dim i As Integer: i = 1
        If DayInWeek1Monday7Sunday < 1 Or DayInWeek1Monday7Sunday > 7 Then
            MsgBox "Please input between 1 and 7 for the argument :" & vbCrLf & _
                    "DayInWeek1Monday7Sunday!", vbOKOnly + vbCritical
            'Function will return 30/12/1899 if you don't use a good DayInWeek1Monday7Sunday
            Exit Function
        Else
        End If
    
        Do While Weekday(DateSerial(InYear, 1, i), vbMonday) <> DayInWeek1Monday7Sunday
            i = i + 1
        Loop
    
        GetDayFromWeekNumber = DateAdd("ww", WeekNumber - 1, DateSerial(InYear, 1, i))
    End Function