[Excel 2003] Open Text File problem

[Torc]

I recorded the following code which is to open a text file as a workbook.

    Workbooks.OpenText Filename:= FN, Origin _
        :=xlMSDOS, StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:= _
        xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=True, Semicolon:=False, _
        Comma:=True, Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), _
        Array(2, 1), Array(3, 1), Array(4, 1), Array(5, 1), Array(6, 1), Array(7, 1), Array(8, 4), _
        Array(9, 1), Array(10, 1), Array(11, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(13, 1), Array(14, 1), Array(15 _
        , 1)), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True

My problem lies in the Eight column.

In my text file this column contains the date in the format of

dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

When I open this by hand the date is converted correctly, thus a date of 12/09/2008 15:33:21 is converted as 12/09/2008 15:33:21

However when I run the code above the date gets converted into 09/12/2008 15:33:21

Can anyone offer any suggestions as to why this is happening and, more
importantly, how to correct it.

[Hack]

Is your Regional Settings configured as MM/DD/YYYY?

[Torc]

Hi Hack,

My regional Settings are dd/mm/yyy

I actually have managed to create a work around.

As I was opening the text file and then processing the
information to put into the spreadsheet I was able to
import that particular field as Text, then in the code
which retrieved that field to put onto my spreadsheet
I used CDATE to convert to a date field, and it correctly
converted.

I would still like to know what was causing the problem in the first place.