On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:31:47 -0400, "jim sturtz" wrote:


ie, if a a1 has 10/9/6 as a date, then month will give me the numeric month
into say a2, need to now how to find 31 into a3 or
" 4/6/6 "
30 "

thanks.

jim


=A1-DAY(A1)+32-DAY(A1-DAY(A1)+32)

will give the date of the last day of the month that is in A1.

If you want only the day number, then:

=DAY(A1-DAY(A1)+32-DAY(A1-DAY(A1)+32))

or

for the date:
=DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,0)

for just the day:

=DAY(DATE(YEAR(A1),MONTH(A1)+1,0))


--ron