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The MONTH() Function Knowledgebase  

 

The MONTH function returns the month of the year when given a date value.

  • The syntax for the function is MONTH (date) . The "date" must be a date value or a recognizable date format in Excel.

Excel recognizes other date formats and automatically converts them into date values then the month is extracted from the date value and a number is given between 0 and 12.
For example: MONTH (14-May-2003) = 5 and MONTH (12/31/2003) = 12.

In addition the MONTH function can extract the month of the year directly from the date value MONTH(39099) =1


How to use the MONTH() function:

  • Type " =MONTH( "
  • Enter the coordinate of the data cell "A2"
  • Type ")" then press the "Enter" key.

 



Note: Make sure the cell is formatted as "general". If the cell is formatted as a date the MONTH function will display a the full date. as represented by the date value argument.



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