Converting a Month's Serial Number into Its Corresponding Name

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» Converting a Month's Serial Number into Its Corresponding Name

CATEGORY: Excel Date & Time Formulas

VERSIONS: All Microsoft Excel Versions

Problem:

Converting each month's serial number, as shown in column A, into its corresponding name.

Solution 1:

To return a month's full name, use the TEXT function as shown in the following formula:
=TEXT(A2*29,"mmmm")
To return the first three letters of a month's name ("Jan", "Feb" etc.), use the TEXT function as shown in the following formula:
=TEXT(A2*29,"mmm")

Solution 2:
Use the CHOOSE function as shown in the following formula:
=CHOOSE(A2,"Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")

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wrote on December 31, 1969 18:00 EST

Great advice - thank you

Converting value to text month
Mark Jennings wrote on December 31, 1969 18:00 EST

I was searching different places how to convert a numeric value to the text month name, this is the only place I found what I needed. Thank you!! This was helpful!!

Converting value to text month
Aindril De wrote on December 31, 1969 18:00 EST

if you have to cut the month serial no out of a date and then convert:
You can try:

=TEXT(month(A2)*29,"mmm")

Choose didn't work as written
Dick Copple wrote on October 26, 2006 09:13 EST

I had to convert A2 in the Choose function using the =month(A2) function in place of A2 to get it to work.
Question, why does Solution 1 need to use the multiplier (*29) to make the text function work?

Thanks,

Dick

justin-uk wrote on November 23, 2006 07:02 EST

You don't need the *29 there for it to work. The formula

=TEXT(A1,"mmmm yyyy")

works just fine. What is surprising is that the *29 seems to make no difference!

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