Hi,

When I put the formula =month(A1) to get the month for any date, it
shows me the right month,numerically. However, when I customise it to
"mmm" format , it always shows as Jan.

Why does this happen?

Regards,
Vinaya

That's the way Excel designed it. From the Help file for
MONTH:

"Returns the month of a date represented by a serial
number. The month is given as an integer, ranging from 1
(January) to 12 (December)."

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

When I put the formula =month(A1) to get the month for
any date, it
shows me the right month,numerically. However, when I
customise it to
"mmm" format , it always shows as Jan.

Why does this happen?

Regards,
Vinaya

.

Because of the way that Excel stores dates, as a number since 1st Jan 1900,
that derived month number can also be represented as a date. As the month
could only be 1-12, that would range from 1st Jan 1900 to 12th Jan 1900, so
if you format that as 'mmm', in every case you get Jan.

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HTH

RP
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"Vinaya" wrote in message
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Hi,

When I put the formula =month(A1) to get the month for any date, it
shows me the right month,numerically. However, when I customise it to
"mmm" format , it always shows as Jan.

Why does this happen?

Regards,
Vinaya