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SYMPTOMSIn Microsoft Excel 2000, if you use the Evaluate method in a Visual Basic for Applications macro to evaluate a statement or formula that contains a date, the method may return either of the following error messages:
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CAUSEThis problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
See the "More Information" section later in this article for a demonstration of this problem. WORKAROUNDTo prevent this problem from occurring, use any of the following methods:
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Note the following:
you will receive a run-time error message 13 (type mismatch) error message. The problem occurs because the date uses a two-digit year and is entered using year/month/day date order.
Additional query words: year2000 XL2000 y2k
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