If you have 2/1/2006 (February 1) in cell A1, the following will return "2":
=MONTH(A1)

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"Candace" wrote in message
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I need to include the current month (such as 1, 2 3, ... etc for the number
of the month) in a formula. What I am doing is taking a total amount and
dividing that by the number of the current month (such as 2 for February)
and
then multiplying that by 12. For example

D12 / (month of the year) * 12

But I need to replace "month of the year" with something that actually
works
in a formula. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.