EXTRACT TEXT FROM A DATE

[Guest]

I HAVE A HLOOKUP FUNCTION THAT IS HAVING A HARD TIME DUE TO THE DATE
CRITERIA.

THE IMPORTED FILE HAS THE DATE AS TEXT SUCH AS (JAN - FEB - MAR, ETC).
BECAUSE OF HOW THE SPREADSHEET IS SETUP THE DATE (lookup_value) IS IN THE
FORM OF 1/1/2005 FORMATED TO MMM-YY.

SO I AM TRYING TO CREATE AN INTERMEDIARY FORMULA THAT CAN EXTRACT JAN OUT OF
JAN 04 (1/1/2004) SO THAT HLOOKUP WORKS. (TEXT JAN TO TEXT JAN)

I HAVE TRIED (BUT NOT TO SAY I AM DOING SOMETHING WRONG);
1. MONTH (A1) = 1, FORMATED TO MMM = NOT RECOGNIZED OR #NA
2. ="" & LEFT(A1,3) = 379, FORMATED TO MMM = 379
3. +LEFT(AO11,3) = 379, FORMATED TO MMM = 379
4. ETC.

ANY HELP IN EXTRACTING "JAN" IN TEXT FORM OUT OF 1/1/2004 WOULD BE TRULY
APPRECIATED.

REGARDS

 

[Biff]

Hi!

TEXT(date,"mmm")

A1 = 1/1/2005 as a true Excel date.

=TEXT(A1,"mmm")

Returns Jan as a text value.

Biff

 

[Max]

Any help in extracting "Jan" in text form out of 1/1/2004

Assuming the dates are in col A, A1 down

Try in B1:

=CHOOSE(MONTH(A1),"Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct
","Nov","Dec")

Copy B1 down

(Btw, please release your caps lock. It's very tough to read all caps, and
could be considered "impolite")

 

[Max]

Ugh <g>, pl disregard the post ..

Go with Biff's suggestion - much neater
(Why do I keep forgetting that <g> ??)

 

[Guest]

Thanks to both for your time and help. Max you are correct Biff's is cleaner
and it works, as I am sure yours does also.

Regards

 

[Guest]

You're welcome !