Getting a date as a sheet tab name using VBA?

Had a date in a cell, stored it to clipboard to use as a sheet tab name. How come I can do this manually, but not when it is run as a macro? Please advise and thanks

Trying:

Sheets("Historical_SelectionStocking_Ef").Select
Range("E1").Select
Selection.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yy"
NewSheetTabName = ActiveCell.Value
Sheets("Historical_SelectionStocking_Ef").Name = NewSheetTabName

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RWayneH

8/22/2022 - Mon

Sam Jacobs

2/2/2020

Try this:

    Sheets("Historical_SelectionStocking_Ef").Select
    NewSheetTabName = Format(Range("E1").Value, "mm-dd-yy")
    Sheets("Historical_SelectionStocking_Ef").Name = NewSheetTabName

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You could do it all in one line if you wish:

Sheets("Historical_SelectionStocking_Ef").Name = Format(Sheets("Historical_SelectionStocking_Ef").Range("E1").Value, "mm-dd-yy")

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RWayneH

2/7/2020

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