Is there a function in Excel to change a date to the first of the month,

ie. =FIRSTDAY(Now()) to change 12/22/2005 to 12/1/2005

thanks.

Try one of these:

=EOMONTH(TODAY(),-1)+1

Note: If the EOMONTH function is not available, and returns the #NAME?
error, install and load the Analysis ToolPak add-in

OR

=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),1)

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Scott" wrote:

Is there a function in Excel to change a date to the first of the month,

ie. =FIRSTDAY(Now()) to change 12/22/2005 to 12/1/2005

thanks.

"Scott" wrote in message
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Is there a function in Excel to change a date to the first of the month,

ie. =FIRSTDAY(Now()) to change 12/22/2005 to 12/1/2005

thanks.

=DATE(YEAR(NOW()),MONTH(NOW()),1)

Another alternative to EOMONTH: =today()-day(today())+1
(or, to operate on a date given in A1, =a1-day(a1)+1. )


"Scott" wrote:

Is there a function in Excel to change a date to the first of the month,

ie. =FIRSTDAY(Now()) to change 12/22/2005 to 12/1/2005

thanks.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:43:03 -0800, "Scott"
wrote:

Is there a function in Excel to change a date to the first of the month,

ie. =FIRSTDAY(Now()) to change 12/22/2005 to 12/1/2005

thanks.

=TODAY()-DAY(TODAY()) +1


--ron