Hey,

I am calculating simple monthly returns on a series of daily asset prices
for a number of years worth of data. The problem is I am not sure how to
indentify the end of a month, and the start of the next in a column of
05/01/2006 format sequential dates. I could just add another column and use
the "month" function in excel (what I have done thus far), but I have to do
the whole operation in VBA. What I have now is:

If ActiveSheet.Cells(dayofmonth, 1) = ActiveSheet.Cells(dayofmonth - 1, 1)
Then day +1 and continue till they are different etc......

The first column is a single number derived from a = month(date column)
formula

This unfortunately will not cut it.

I want to be able to do the same operation, but not have to use the month
function in excel - just reference the date column (04/09/2006 format). I am
pretty sure I need to use a ActiveCell.Formula and a month function, but am
unsure as to how to write the formula - any help would be tremendously
appreciated.

Regardless of how easy it is, I have sweat over this for some time.......

Thanks - cheers.