Date Formula

**andrevw** · 10-15-2012, 01:15 PM

Hi,

My name is Andre and I am new to this forum.

I would like some assistance to calculate the month by using 2 predefined dates.

I need to run a report that calculates the begining of the month as the 3rd of every month and the end of the month on the 02nd of every month

EG : 20110103 must be February (because the new month starts on the 03rd)
20110204 must be March (because the new month starts on the 03rd)
20110102 must be December (because the old month ends on the 02nd)

Is this at all possible?

Regards
Andre.

**daddylonglegs** · 10-15-2012, 01:21 PM

Welcome to excelforum, Andre

Not sure I understand, wouldn't it be January that starts on 20110103? Are the dates in that format, what do you want the output to be, just the month as text or a date?

**Jakobshavn** · 10-15-2012, 01:24 PM

With the calendar date in A1:

=IF(DAY(A1)<3,IF(MONTH(A1)-1=0,12,MONTH(A1)-1),MONTH(A1)) will give the report month.

**daddylonglegs** · 10-15-2012, 01:27 PM

Hello Jacobshavn,

I was thinking of something along those lines but for the examples given, wouldn't your formula give January and February for the first two examples? Perhaps that's an error, though....

If your suggestion works you could simplify with

=MONTH(A1-2)

**andrevw** · 10-15-2012, 01:51 PM

@ daddylonglegs

Hi Guys the first example worked thank you.

**Jakobshavn** · 10-15-2012, 02:03 PM

Daddylonglegs:

A superb simplification! (why didn't I think of that)

**andrevw** · 10-15-2012, 02:13 PM

And the second one thank you daddylonglegs

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