Try:

=IF(TODAY()=DATE(MID(T9,2,2)+100,MID(T9,4,2),IF(I SERROR(MID(T9,6,2)-$H$7),1,MID(T9,6,2)-$H7)),dd",
if no day in text then 1....first of month

HTH
JG

"nastech" wrote:

Got this far, don't know how to negate #Value! error, in equation: (thanks)

=IF(TODAY()=DATE(MID(T9,2,2)+100,MID(T9,4,2),MID( T9,6,2)-$H$7)),"dd",

to do with, if not have :yymmdd in left of general text cell T9... or even
if the dd portion is not present.