When using the Month Function, by default, it returns one digit day number if it is the month from January to September, while the Text function will return a text string For example, 5/8/11 will return 5 when using the month function, and return to 05 or the month name when using the text functionFor example, the date , is equal to the serial number in Excel MONTH Formula in Excel takes as input both the date directly or the serial number of the date It is to be noted here that Excel does not recognize dates earlier than 1/1/1900 Returns MONTH in Excel always returns a number ranging from 1 to 12 An alternative way to get a month number from an Excel date is using the TEXT function =TEXT (, "m") returns a month number without a leading zero, as 1 12 =TEXT (,"mm") returns a month number with a leading zero, as 01 12 Please be very careful when using TEXT formulas, because they always return month numbers as text strings
Excel Month Function Month Name From Date Last Day Of Month Etc
