Something other than DATEVALUE

[edwardpestian]

I have the following formula that uses datevalue to determing what rang
to lookup. I'd rather not use datevalue as each month I will have t
change the value to the first of that month. Is there something I ca
use that will automatically find the first day of the month based o
the month in U4 - which is a drop down menu (Data Validation lis
containing the dates of the month).

=IF(U4-6<DATEVALUE("08/01/2006"),HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B23:AF27,4,FALSE)/1000,HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B5:AF9,4,FALSE)/1000))
Thanks.

-e

 

[Niek Otten]

With the year in (say) U5:

Date(U5,U4,1)

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

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| I have the following formula that uses datevalue to determing what range
| to lookup. I'd rather not use datevalue as each month I will have to
| change the value to the first of that month. Is there something I can
| use that will automatically find the first day of the month based on
| the month in U4 - which is a drop down menu (Data Validation list
| containing the dates of the month).
|
| =IF(U4-6<DATEVALUE("08/01/2006"),HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B23:AF27,4,FALSE)/1000,HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B5:AF9,4,FALSE)/1000))
| Thanks.
|
| -ep
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[Biff]

Are the dates in the drop down full dates like 8/9/2006?

If so, replace:

DATEVALUE("08/01/2006")

With:

U4-DAY(U4)+1

Biff

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[edwardpestian]

So I cannot use the year in U4 too? I tried this, but am getting a #NUM
error.

=IF(U4-6<DATE(U4,U4,1),HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B23:AF27,4,FALSE)/1000,HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B5:AF9,4,FALSE)/1000)

Regards,

-e

 

[edwardpestian]

Got this to work:

=IF(U4-6<DATE(YEAR(U4),MONTH(U4),DAY(1)),HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B23:AF27,4,FALSE)/1000,HLOOKUP(U4-6,Data!B5:AF9,4,FALSE)/1000

-ep

 

[Biff]

Try it like this:

DATE(YEAR(U4),MONTH(U4),1)

I like this better:

U4-DAY(U4)+1

Biff

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