Assuming A1 contains the date: 11/10/2005

If you want the number of days in a given month:
=DAY(DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,0))

If you want the last day of a given month:
=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,0)

HTH,
Paul


"Grd" wrote in message
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Hi,

I need to get the last day of a month i.e 30/nov/05 out of todays date.
How do I go about this? Its driving me crazy.

Any help appreciated

Gordon