In this video we discuss how to extract or get the number of a month from a given date in excel. We go through a detailed example step by step of how to do this
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Let’s say that you need to extract the month number, from a given date. To do this, left click on the answer cell, in this example cell B2, then type in a comma. Next, type in mo, and a drop down box will appear. In the box, left double click on MONTH.
From here, we left click on the date, cell A2. Next, we type in a closed parenthesis to close off the function. Then hit the enter key and we have our answer of 1.
And this will work for a variety of other types of date formats, as you see here.