'... loop up the rows to check if the cell contains a valid date
							    '... if it does then convert the dates to DB format
							    For d = tempCol To 1 Step -1
								    sPeriodRange = getColumnLetter(d) & tempRow
								    If hasDate(Range(sPeriodRange).Text) Then
									    sFarePeriod = stripPeriods(Range(sPeriodRange).Text)
									    sFarePeriod = convertPeriodDates3(sFarePeriod)
								    End If
							    Next d
anything stick out to you in this loop?