Automatically name a new worksheet with a date sequence

Hello,

I am trying to create a workbook in which new worksheet names are automatically showing the current date and month.

For example, i have a worksheet named May 2019. I would like to insert a new worksheet that is automatically renamed to Jun 2019. When i create one in July, it would automatically be renamed to Jul 2019 and so on...

Is there a way to do this, please?

Thank you.

AnaPistol This macro checks if there alreay is a worksheet for the current month. If not it creates one. If there is, it selects it:

Sub AddMonthSheet()
    Dim sName As String
    Dim oSh As Worksheet
    sName = Format(Date, "yyyy-mmm")
    On Error Resume Next
    Set oSh = Worksheets(sName)
    If oSh Is Nothing Then
        Set oSh = Worksheets.Add
    End If
    oSh.Name = sName
    oSh.Activate
End Sub

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JKPieterse
Silver Contributor
Jun 19, 2019
Honestly, having a worksheet for each month will not make your life simpler as soon as you're asked to do reporting on your file. If you want to show an overview of monthly totals, a single table which includes a date column is a lot simpler.
- AnaPistol
  Copper Contributor
  Jun 27, 2019
  JKPieterse I am not looking for any reporting afterwards. We are looking at each sheet in the month it occurs. There will be too much data on one sheet to put all the months on one sheet. But thank you for your suggestion.
  - JKPieterse
    Silver Contributor
    Jun 27, 2019
    AnaPistol This macro checks if there alreay is a worksheet for the current month. If not it creates one. If there is, it selects it:
    
    Sub AddMonthSheet() Dim sName As String Dim oSh As Worksheet sName = Format(Date, "yyyy-mmm") On Error Resume Next Set oSh = Worksheets(sName) If oSh Is Nothing Then Set oSh = Worksheets.Add End If oSh.Name = sName oSh.Activate End Sub

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Automatically name a new worksheet with a date sequence

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