OK.

I've got a list of dates expressed as text:

January 2006
February 2006
....
....
....
December 2007

I've then got a cell containing the curret reporting period, expressed as
text, February 2007

I'm looking for a formula which will look up the current reporting period
within my list of dates and return the text date above it.

Ultimately, I'll then use a VLookup to return the adjacent data, but I can
manage that without too much help.

I know this should be easy, but I've been messing about with this for an
hour or so now, so...

Any help appreciated.

Tom.