Excel Formula: Get Month from Date
To get the month value shown as number (1-12) from a given date in Excel, you can use the MONTH function to handle it.
If you want to follow along with this tutorial, please download the example spreadsheet.
Generic formula:
MONTH(date) |
Syntaxt and Arguments
Date: the date you want to get the month. |
Return Value
The formula returns a numeric value 1-12.
How this formula works
To get the month value in the date of cell B3, please use the formula as below:
=MONTH(B3) |
Or directly use the date
=MONTH("3/12/2021") |
Press Enter key to get the month value.
Explanation
MONTH function: gets the month as integer number (1 to 12) from date.
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Relative Functions
- Excel DATE Function
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