Hello Ceemo,
Here is bit of VBA code you can try and modify for your use.
enjoy Rick
Option Explicit
Sub RefNoDates()
Dim Srng As Range, fndrng As Range
Dim wsA As Worksheet, wsB As Worksheet
Dim iRow As Long
Set wsA = Worksheets("SheetA")
Set wsB = Worksheets("SheetB")
' set range of Ref No's on SheetA, Start at "B2"
' down to "Bxxxxx" , end of ref no's
Set Srng = wsA.Range("B2:B" & wsA.Range("B2").End(xlDown).Row)
' loop thru all ref no's on SheetB
For iRow = 2 To wsB.Range("B2").End(xlDown).Row
' search for ref no
Set fndrng = Srng.Find(what:=wsB.Cells(iRow, "B"))
If Not fndrng Is Nothing Then
' if found, copy date from Column C,
' paste to sheetB Cells(irow,"C")
wsA.Cells(fndrng.Row, "C").Copy wsB.Cells(iRow, "C")
End If
Next iRow
End Sub
> ive got two worksheets both with approx 20,000 records of various data
> but they both have a unique identifier (i'll call this ref no.) in
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> please help