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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 'C...
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")
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.
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?
Sergei Baklan already suggested using Data > Text to Columns.
Here is the result. I expanded the formulas to prevent them from returning "Jan" if the date has not been filled in.
HansVogelaar Hi, I have updated my data in the spreadsheet and when I go to Data > Text to Columns, the column changes the text to the actual formula.
Am I doing something wrong?