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Default Date formatting problems

Good point; are we talking VBA or worksheet formulas?

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Niek Otten
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"JLGWhiz" wrote in message ...
| Maybe: Format(B34, "mmmm")
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| "Dean" wrote:
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| It does show 39233 if formatted as general. Any other ideas?
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| "Niek Otten" wrote in message
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| Hi Dean,
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| Are you sure B34 is a date? Format it as General; it should read 39233. If
| it gives you some small number, that might be the
| result of dividing 5 by 31 and then by 2007 and Excel's date system would
| indeed interpret that as January.
| BTW, use "mmmm" (4 m's) as format code; no difference for May, but January
| would read Jan with 3 m's.
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| Kind regards,
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| Niek Otten
| Microsoft MVP - Excel
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| "Dean" wrote in message
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| | This is an easy one, though not for me apparently!
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| | I have a variable cell, say cell B34, with 5/31/2007 currently in it,
| | formatted as a date. In another cell, I want it to say "as of end of
| May",
| | using the text function at the end to produce May. But I am having
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| | with the formatting of that text part, e.g., text(B34,"mmm") or
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| | like that, but that doesn't work - it gives me January. I tried the
| month
| | function, and it does yield 5, but I can't figure out how to get it to
| | produce May, the fifth month.
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| | Kindly help.
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| | Thanks!
| | Dean
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