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Unable to extract month from date
Hi, I have used the correct formula =TEXT(I2, "mmm") however the month is not being extracted from the date. The start date column has a data type of 'Date' and the Month column has a data type of 'Custom' to "mmm". Please help?
Most probably Start Dates are texts which only looks like dates, not dates (which are actually numbers). The rest depends on which is default date format on your machine.
As variant you may transform texts to dates with Data->Text to Columns selecting MDY on third step.
Or
=TEXT( DATE(2021, LEFT([@[Start Date]],2), 1), "mmm")
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milo1234 Stupid of Xcel didn't understand the leading of the cell is 'space'. Remove the space then it works
Most probably Start Dates are texts which only looks like dates, not dates (which are actually numbers). The rest depends on which is default date format on your machine.
As variant you may transform texts to dates with Data->Text to Columns selecting MDY on third step.
Or
=TEXT( DATE(2021, LEFT([@[Start Date]],2), 1), "mmm")Set the number format of the Month column to General.
The values in the Start Date column are left-aligned. This makes me suspect that they are text values, not 'real' dates. What happens if you select (for example) I2, press F2 and then press Enter?
- Hi HansVogelaar
I have changed the Month column to General and this does nothing.
Also when I select I2 press F2 and press enter, nothing changes.Could you attach a copy of the workbook without sensitive/proprietary information?
