I don't know why it wouldn't sort by month. It actually sorts by date, but
that should result month sequence, not alphabetical sequence by month. I
meant to say you should sort your original table before you do the
subtotals. I think you must have anyway.

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"brewisc13" wrote in message
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One more question: We have a range of birthdates, even when you format it
to
mmm, you cant sort by month. We want to find out the people in the ragne
whos
birthday falls in a given month.

"brewisc13" wrote:

THANK YOU! That worked great!

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote:

You could use a helper column, with something like = A2. Format this
(Format - Cells - Number - Custom: mmm. Now you can use Data -
Subtotals,
"At each change in: Month" and "Use function: Count."
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"Brewisc13" wrote in message
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We are trying to find out how many birthdays fall with in a given
month
using
excel.