Worked perfectly, many thanks!

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

=TEXT(TODAY(),"mmmm")

will get you a real txt month
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200750


"Todd.Hennig" wrote:

Hey,

If I have a date (stored in serial number format from the =TODAY() function)
which is being displayed as a month written out in text e.g. "October" in the
cell, how can I save the text string being displayed so that I can use it
with the VLOOKUP fuction in a list of months that are all text strings?

-Todd