How about

=MONTH(DATEVALUE("01-"&A1&"-2000"))

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HTH

Bob


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"braeden13" wrote in message
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I am trying to set up a drop down list (list is set up ok) that has the
months of the year in it to correspond with a number for the month using
IF,
but it doesn't seem to work. Here is the formula I was trying in cell A2:

IF(A1="January",(1))*IF(A1="February",(2))...etc.

The value in A2 comes back as 0 or #NAME. Obviously this is not the way
to
set this up, but I am unsure how to make it work. Is there somewhere I
can
look this up or does someone have a formula to use? I use Excel 2002 and
2003.