I have a column of dates formatted as mm/dd/yy. I want to add another column
that returns the month in two characters (i.e. 7/31/95 would return 07). I
am using the month function but it only returns one character (i.e.7).

Does anyone have any suggestions? thanks

In the cell you have the MONTH() function:

<Format<Cells
Click over to the "Number" tab
Click on "Custom"
Enter "00" (without the quotes)

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Regards,
Dave


"Mo" wrote:

I have a column of dates formatted as mm/dd/yy. I want to add another column
that returns the month in two characters (i.e. 7/31/95 would return 07). I
am using the month function but it only returns one character (i.e.7).

Does anyone have any suggestions? thanks

Thanks, it worked perfectly.

"David Billigmeier" wrote:

In the cell you have the MONTH() function:

<Format<Cells
Click over to the "Number" tab
Click on "Custom"
Enter "00" (without the quotes)

--
Regards,
Dave


"Mo" wrote:

I have a column of dates formatted as mm/dd/yy. I want to add another column
that returns the month in two characters (i.e. 7/31/95 would return 07). I
am using the month function but it only returns one character (i.e.7).

Does anyone have any suggestions? thanks

See if one of these will work for you:

For a date in A1
B1: =TEXT(MONTH(A1),"00")

OR

B1: =MONTH(A1)
FormatCellsNumber tab
Category: Custom
Type: 00
Click the [OK] button


Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Mo" wrote:

I have a column of dates formatted as mm/dd/yy. I want to add another column
that returns the month in two characters (i.e. 7/31/95 would return 07). I
am using the month function but it only returns one character (i.e.7).

Does anyone have any suggestions? thanks