formula for month(s) prior to actual

yesterday i asked for a formula that would give month and year prior to
actual based on excel time and date, and the answer i received worked. i
also need the formula(s) for months 2 and 3 prior to actual to provide data
in a 3 month trend (i.e. a report generated in december would provide data
for october and september as well). i can't figure out how to tweak the
formula from yesterday to work.

=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),0),"MMMYYYY")

Just subtract from the month

=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,0),"MMMYYYY")

will give you Oct2005

=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-2,0),"MMMYYYY")

Sep2005

and so on


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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"braadi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> yesterday i asked for a formula that would give month and year prior to
> actual based on excel time and date, and the answer i received worked. i
> also need the formula(s) for months 2 and 3 prior to actual to provide
data
> in a 3 month trend (i.e. a report generated in december would provide data
> for october and september as well). i can't figure out how to tweak the
> formula from yesterday to work.
>
> =TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),0),"MMMYYYY")
>
>

=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,0),"MMMYYYY")

=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-2,0),"MMMYYYY")

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HTH

RP
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"braadi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> yesterday i asked for a formula that would give month and year prior to
> actual based on excel time and date, and the answer i received worked. i
> also need the formula(s) for months 2 and 3 prior to actual to provide
data
> in a 3 month trend (i.e. a report generated in december would provide data
> for october and september as well). i can't figure out how to tweak the
> formula from yesterday to work.
>
> =TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),0),"MMMYYYY")
>
>

Hi

Try
=TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-n,1),"MMMYYYY")
Change n to 1, 2 and 3 respectively to get the previous months -1, -2, -3


Regards

Roger Govier


braadi wrote:
> yesterday i asked for a formula that would give month and year prior to
> actual based on excel time and date, and the answer i received worked. i
> also need the formula(s) for months 2 and 3 prior to actual to provide data
> in a 3 month trend (i.e. a report generated in december would provide data
> for october and september as well). i can't figure out how to tweak the
> formula from yesterday to work.
>
> =TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),0),"MMMYYYY")
>
>

right on. i love this discussion board. thank you so much.

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

> Just subtract from the month
>
> =TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-1,0),"MMMYYYY")
>
> will give you Oct2005
>
> =TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY())-2,0),"MMMYYYY")
>
> Sep2005
>
> and so on
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Peo Sjoblom
>
> "braadi" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > yesterday i asked for a formula that would give month and year prior to
> > actual based on excel time and date, and the answer i received worked. i
> > also need the formula(s) for months 2 and 3 prior to actual to provide
> data
> > in a 3 month trend (i.e. a report generated in december would provide data
> > for october and september as well). i can't figure out how to tweak the
> > formula from yesterday to work.
> >
> > =TEXT(DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()),0),"MMMYYYY")
> >
> >
>
>
>