I have two queries to post both are related

I have a coulum D where i put the dates, and in the next coulmn E I put this formula "=MONTH(D2)" and drag it till the end, it gives me the moth of that date for eg if i put 01/09/2010 in coulumn E2, D2 will give me the value ' 9 '. I want that to show up as September. Is that possible????????

second question is i have dates going down in column E, one date is repeated around 15 to 16 times and it might vary, so i want a formula to count the number of days., I might come up with a few more questions after i get the results for this

Thanking you in adavnce