Return the current month

	A
1	=TODAY() = Saturday 01 March 2025
2	=NOW() = Saturday 01 March 2025 08:38:13
3	=MONTH(A1) = 3
4	=TEXT(A1, "MMMM") = March
5	=CHOOSE(MONTH(A1), "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec") = Mar

1 - Display a date
2 - Displays the date component of the date in cell A1

Built-in Functions

NOW - The date serial number of the current system date and time.
TODAY - The date serial number representing today's date.
MONTH - The month as an integer given a date serial number.
TEXT - The number as a formatted text string.

Related Formulas

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