Left Function

Returns the number of leftmost characters that you specify of a string expression.

Left (Text As String, n As Long)

String

Text: Any string expression that you want to return the leftmost characters from. n: Numeric expression that specifies the number of characters that you want to return. If n = 0, a zero-length string is returned. The maximum allowed value is 2,147,483,648. The following example converts a date in YYYY.MM.DD format to MM/DD/YYYY format.

Sub ExampleUSDate Dim sInput As String Dim sUS_date As String sInput = InputBox("Please input a date in the international format 'YYYY-MM-DD'") sUS_date = Mid(sInput, 6, 2) sUS_date = sUS_date & "/" sUS_date = sUS_date & Right(sInput, 2) sUS_date = sUS_date & "/" sUS_date = sUS_date & Left(sInput, 4) MsgBox sUS_date End Sub