Powershell Excel 双击激活单元格并发送 Enter

Question

so i know this is a wierd on. i had this same issue a long time ago in Excel but i think with VBA...

so i put data from mails into Excel like this. (don't mind the format i'm german)

$workbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Item($LastRow, 3) = $MItem.ReceivedTime.ToString("dd.MM.yyyy")

The Date is written in the Cell. BUT it is shown on the left side of the cell. and i can't use VLOOKUP and stuff

if i double click into the cell and press Enter, the Date jumps to the right side and everything works...

Excel knows already that it is a Date. But the Cell must be "revalidated" through the activation.

i though i have to just

 $workbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Item($LastRow, 3).Activate()
 $workbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Item($LastRow, 3).DoubleClick()

or something like it but i can't even get into the cell.

i hope someone cann help me. regards

Answer 1

A date in Excel is a formatted number, not a String . The format and the underlying value are separate.

Instead of writing a String version of the date, write the actual date and then apply number formatting:

$workbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Item($LastRow, 3) = $MItem.ReceivedTime
$workbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Item($LastRow, 3).NumberFormat = "dd.MM.yyyy"