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Default changin date dd/mm/yy into Month

I am trying to summarise dates from 01/04/09 to April. Can any body help.
I have tried = month(cell) , but it comes up with a value . Any ideas?
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Default changin date dd/mm/yy into Month

Input date as you have.
Format cells
Custom format
mmmm
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I am trying to summarise dates from 01/04/09 to April. Can any body help.
I have tried = month(cell) , but it comes up with a value . Any ideas?

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Default changin date dd/mm/yy into Month

If you have a date in say, A1, and you want to show the month in B1, in B1
enter "=A1" without the quotes. Now format B1 as custom mmmm. HTH Otto

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I have tried = month(cell) , but it comes up with a value . Any ideas?


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Default changin date dd/mm/yy into Month

Might be your date is not a date, but text.

What happens when you try to format it?


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On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 06:28:01 -0800, Jo wrote:

I am trying to summarise dates from 01/04/09 to April. Can any body help.
I have tried = month(cell) , but it comes up with a value . Any ideas?


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