If you simply have a 2 in cell b1 you will get January because Excel thinks
that the date is (January 2, 1900). To have the "mmmm" work you need to
have a valid date or make sure that your number is between 32 and 59
inclusive.
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"holly" wrote:

By the way, I tried the =TEXT($B1,"mmmm") in cell C1 and it returned January
when it should have returned February because I had the date of 2/9 in cell
A1, and a 2 in cell B1.

"holly" wrote:

My spreadsheet:

A B Results
1/5/09 =IF(A1="","",MONTH(A1)) 1



In Column C, I need to write a formula that says =IF($B1=1,"January"...)
but my statement if FALSE, needs to be, IF($B1=2,"February" and so forth all
the way through the calendar. The false will be if a new IF formula.

I started with this,
=IF($B1=1,"January",IF($B1=2,"February",IF($B1=3," March")))

And all the way down the line to December, with the correct # of close
parens (12 of them) but I get an error. Do I need to keep typing in the "IF"
for a false statement? Help please :)