Hi

Try
=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-n,1),"MMMYYYY")
Change n to 1, 2 and 3 respectively to get the previous months -1, -2, -3


Regards

Roger Govier


braadi wrote:
yesterday i asked for a formula that would give month and year prior to
actual based on excel time and date, and the answer i received worked. i
also need the formula(s) for months 2 and 3 prior to actual to provide data
in a 3 month trend (i.e. a report generated in december would provide data
for october and september as well). i can't figure out how to tweak the
formula from yesterday to work.

=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),0),"MMMYYY Y")