Calculating weeks
 

Hi

I'm hoping this is more straightforward than I'm making it.

What I want is a formula to look at cell A1 (month) and B1 (year), and
give me the first complete week (ending on a Monday) in that month,
and a second formula to give me the last complete week (ending on a
Monday) in that month. So:

A1 B1
November 2011

result: First 07.11.11; Last: 28.11.11

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

Calculating weeks
 

On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:47:22 -0700 (PDT), Steve wrote:

Hi

I'm hoping this is more straightforward than I'm making it.

What I want is a formula to look at cell A1 (month) and B1 (year), and
give me the first complete week (ending on a Monday) in that month,
and a second formula to give me the last complete week (ending on a
Monday) in that month. So:

A1 B1
November 2011

result: First 07.11.11; Last: 28.11.11

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Alan

The problem is that your specifications are not clear.

Excel does not "give you" anything. In terms of your question, it can return a date or multiple dates.
If you are looking for it to return multiple dates, it can provide vertical or horizontal arrays, or fill in a sequence of cells in the same row or the same column.

In any event, a starting point for whatever you want would be to determine the date of the first and last Monday in a month.

The first Monday would be given by the formula:

=DATE(B1,A1,8)-WEEKDAY(DATE(B1,A1,1)-2)

and the last Monday by the formula:

=DATE(B1,A1+1,1)-WEEKDAY(DATE(B1,A1+1,1)-2)

What to do with these values depends on specifics you have not yet supplied.

Calculating weeks
 

Hi Ron

Thank you for replying.

The dates would be used to calculate the number of weeks between start
and finish in order to determine weekly Student loan amounts. Even I
can do the formula for that one :)

Thanks again!

Alan

Calculating weeks
 

On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:13:49 -0700 (PDT), Steve wrote:

Hi Ron

Thank you for replying.

The dates would be used to calculate the number of weeks between start
and finish in order to determine weekly Student loan amounts. Even I
can do the formula for that one :)

Thanks again!

Alan

Well, what I supplied should get you started. Let me know if you need anything more.