Return the number corresponding to a given month

	A
1	=TODAY() = 01/06/2023
2	=NOW() = 6/1/2023 21:26
3	January
4	November
5	=MONTH("1/"&A3) = 1
6	=MONTH("1/"&A4) = 11
7	=CHOOSE(MATCH(LEFT(A3,3),{"Jan";"Feb";"Mar";"Apr";"May";"Jun";"Jul";"Aug";"Sep";"Oct";"Nov";"Dec"},0),1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) = 1
8	=CHOOSE(MATCH(LEFT(A4,3),{"Jan";"Feb";"Mar";"Apr";"May";"Jun";"Jul";"Aug";"Sep";"Oct";"Nov";"Dec"},0),1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12) = 11

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.
CHOOSE - The value in a row (or column) based on an index number.
LEFT - The first or left most characters in a text string.
MATCH - The position of a value in a list, table or cell range.

Related Formulas

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